Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 76
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
विश्रुतास्तु महाभागा गान्धर्व्या वाजिनः सुताः / उच्चैःश्रवादयो जाताः खेचरास्ते मनोजवाः
Transliteration
viśrutāstu mahābhāgā gāndharvyā vājinaḥ sutāḥ / uccaiḥśravādayo jātāḥ khecarāste manojavāḥ
Translation
वे महाभाग गान्धर्वी के पुत्र, वाजिन के सुत, अत्यन्त प्रसिद्ध हुए; उच्चैःश्रवा आदि के रूप में वे आकाशचारी और मन के समान वेगवान उत्पन्न हुए।
Word by Word
viśrutāḥwell-known
viśrutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśruta (कृदन्त; √śru धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used adjectivally
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), adversative/contrastive
mahābhāgāḥgreatly fortunate/noble
mahābhāgāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound adjective
gāndharvyāḥfrom the Gandharvī
gāndharvyāḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgāndharvī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (also possible Genitive 6th); here Ablative with 'jātāḥ' understood
vājinaḥof the steed
vājinaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootvājin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
sutāḥsons
sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
uccaiḥśravādayaḥ(those) beginning with Uccaiḥśravas
uccaiḥśravādayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuccaiḥśravas + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ādi-compound meaning 'beginning with Uccaiḥśravas'
jātāḥborn
jātāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootjāta (कृदन्त; √jan धातु)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively = 'were born'
khecarāḥsky-goers
khecarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkhe + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tethey/those
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun
manojavāḥswift as the mind
manojavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanas + java (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'mind-speed' = swift as thought