Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 86
Somavaṃśa-prasavaḥ
Birth of the Lunar Line: Budha–Purūravas and the Urvaśī Episode
Devanagari script
श्रूयते हि तपस्सिद्धाः क्षत्त्रोपेता द्विजातयः / विश्वामित्रो नरपतिर्मान्धाता संकृतिः कपिः
Transliteration
śrūyate hi tapassiddhāḥ kṣattropetā dvijātayaḥ / viśvāmitro narapatirmāndhātā saṃkṛtiḥ kapiḥ
Translation
सुना जाता है कि तप से सिद्धि पाने वाले, क्षत्रियत्व से युक्त द्विज भी हुए हैं—विश्वामित्र, नरपति मान्धाता, संकृति और कपि।
Word by Word
śrūyateis heard/it is said
śrūyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु श्रवणे)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘is heard/it is said’
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (particle: indeed/for)
tapas-siddhāḥaccomplished through austerity
tapas-siddhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक) + siddha (कृदन्त; √sidh सिद्धौ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष: ‘austerity-accomplished’ qualifying dvijātayaḥ
kṣatra-upetāḥendowed with royal power
kṣatra-upetāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (कृदन्त; upa-√i/√et)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural); तत्पुरुष: ‘endowed with kṣatra (kṣatriya-hood/power)’
dvijātayaḥtwice-born persons
dvijātayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of śrūyate, in sense ‘are spoken of’)
TypeNoun
Rootdvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural)
viśvāmitraḥViśvāmitra
viśvāmitraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootviśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
nara-patiḥking
nara-patiḥ:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘lord of men’
māndhātāMāndhātā
māndhātā:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmāndhātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
saṃkṛtiḥSaṃkṛti
saṃkṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)
kapiḥKapi
kapiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Listed subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkapi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)