Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 10
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
धर्मपुत्रा महाभागाः साध्या ये द्वादशामराः / पूर्वं समनुसूयन्ते चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः
Transliteration
dharmaputrā mahābhāgāḥ sādhyā ye dvādaśāmarāḥ / pūrvaṃ samanusūyante cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ
Translation
धर्म के पुत्र, महाभाग्यशाली वे बारह साध्य देवता—चाक्षुष मनु के मन्वन्तर में पहले से ही (गणना में) माने जाते हैं।
Word by Word
dharmaputrāḥsons of Dharma
dharmaputrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma-putra (प्रातिपदिक; components: dharma + putra)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘sons of Dharma’
mahābhāgāḥhighly fortunate
mahābhāgāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; components: mahā + bhāga)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय ‘greatly fortunate’ qualifying dharmaputrāḥ/sādhyāḥ
sādhyāḥthe Sādhyas
sādhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
yewho
ye:
Anuyogi (अनुयोगी/relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like in form; here qualifying amarāḥ
amarāḥimmortals/gods
amarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootamara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
pūrvamformerly/earlier
pūrvam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrvam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
samanusūyantethey follow/attend upon
samanusūyante:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sū (धातु) with anu+sam (prefixes)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); meaning ‘to follow/attend upon’ (समनुसूयते)
cākṣuṣasyaof Cākṣuṣa
cākṣuṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
antarein the manvantara/period
antare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the interval/manvantara’
manoḥof Manu
manoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)