Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 82
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
प्रहारैरशनिप्रख्यैर्निघ्नन्दैत्यान्सहस्रशः / चचार समरे रामः क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः
Transliteration
prahārairaśaniprakhyairnighnandaityānsahasraśaḥ / cacāra samare rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ
Translation
वज्र के समान प्रहारों से सहस्रों दैत्यों का वध करते हुए, क्रुद्ध राम रणभूमि में ऐसे विचरे मानो दूसरा काल हों।
Word by Word
prahāraiḥwith blows/strikes
prahāraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootprahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
aśani-prakhyaiḥresembling thunderbolts
aśani-prakhyaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaśani (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with prahāraiḥ
nighnankilling/striking down
nighnan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ
daityāndaityas
daityān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sahasraśaḥby the thousands
sahasraśaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb of manner/number (परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
cacāramoved/roamed
cacāra:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
samarein battle
samare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kruddhaḥfurious
kruddhaḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh, क्रुध्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kālaḥTime/Death
kālaḥ:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
ivalike
iva:
Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), simile particle (उपमावाचक निपात)
aparaḥanother (as if)
aparaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ; 'another/second'