Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 9
Jamadagni-Āśrama-Ākramaṇa (Attack on Jamadagni’s Hermitage) / जमदग्न्याश्रमाक्रमणम्
Devanagari script
तं हत्वास्य शिरो हृत्वा निषादा इव निर्दयाः / प्रययुस्ते दुरात्मानः सबलाः स्वपुरीं प्रति
Transliteration
taṃ hatvāsya śiro hṛtvā niṣādā iva nirdayāḥ / prayayuste durātmānaḥ sabalāḥ svapurīṃ prati
Translation
उसे मारकर और उसका सिर काटकर, वे दुरात्मा अपनी सेना के साथ अपनी नगरी की ओर चले गए, जैसे निर्दयी निषाद (शिकारी) हों।
Word by Word
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
hatvāhaving killed
hatvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), ‘having killed’
asyaof him
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
śiraḥhead
śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
hṛtvāhaving taken away
hṛtvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Roothṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having taken/removed’
niṣādāḥNiṣādas (hunters/tribals)
niṣādāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Upamāna-marker (उपमान-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)
nirdayāḥmerciless
nirdayāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying ‘niṣādāḥ’
prayayuswent forth
prayayus:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; ‘they went’
tethey/those
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun referring to the agents
durātmānaḥevil-souled men
durātmānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdurātman (प्रातिपदिक: dur + ātman)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound ‘evil + self’
sa-balāḥwith their forces
sa-balāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; avyayībhāva sense ‘with strength/with forces’ qualifying ‘te’
sva-purīmto their own city
sva-purīm:
Gati/Karma (गति-कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘own city’
pratitowards
prati:
Dik/Adhikaraṇa-marker (दिक्-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय)
FormPreposition/postposition (उपसर्ग/निपात) governing accusative; direction ‘towards’