Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 189
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
सर्वे तेजस्विनः शूराः कामरूपा महा बलाः / दिव्याभरणवेषाश्च ब्रह्मण्याश्चाहितग्नयः
Transliteration
sarve tejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kāmarūpā mahā balāḥ / divyābharaṇaveṣāśca brahmaṇyāścāhitagnayaḥ
Translation
वे सब तेजस्वी शूरवीर, इच्छानुसार रूप धारण करने वाले, महाबली थे; दिव्य आभूषण-वेषधारी, ब्राह्मण-भक्त और अग्निहोत्रधारी थे।
Word by Word
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively
tejasvinaḥradiant, powerful
tejasvinaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
śūrāḥheroes
śūrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśūra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
kāmarūpāḥable to assume forms at will
kāmarūpāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘having form at will’
mahāgreat
mahā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine/indeclinable stem used as adjective; here qualifying balāḥ in sense ‘great’
balāḥstrong
balāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively ‘strong ones’
divya-ābharaṇa-veṣāḥwearing divine ornaments and dress
divya-ābharaṇa-veṣāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya + ābharaṇa + veṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); compound meaning ‘with divine ornaments and attire’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
brahmaṇyāḥpious; devoted to Brahman/Brāhmaṇas
brahmaṇyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘devoted to Brahman/Brāhmaṇas’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
āhita-agnayaḥmaintainers of the sacred fires
āhita-agnayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootāhita + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘those who have established the sacred fires’