Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 32
Agnibheda–Vaṃśa: Forms of Agni, Their Functions, and Progeny (अग्निभेद-वंशः)
Devanagari script
धिष्ण्यावाहरणा ह्येते सौत्येह्नीज्यन्त वै द्विजैः / अपां योनिः स्मृतो ऽसौ स ह्यप्सुनामा विभाव्यते
Transliteration
dhiṣṇyāvāharaṇā hyete sautyehnījyanta vai dvijaiḥ / apāṃ yoniḥ smṛto 'sau sa hyapsunāmā vibhāvyate
Translation
ये ‘धिष्ण्यावाहरण’ अग्नि सौत्य-दिवस में द्विजों द्वारा पूजे जाते हैं। वह ‘अपां योनिः’ स्मृत है और ‘अप्सुनामा’ भी माना जाता है।
Word by Word
dhiṣṇya-āvāharaṇāḥ(the forms called) Dhiṣṇya and Āvāharaṇa
dhiṣṇya-āvāharaṇāḥ:
Karta/topic (plural)
TypeNoun
Rootdhiṣṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + āvāharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva (two coordinated names)
hiindeed, for
hi:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), explanatory/emphatic
etethese
ete:
Karta (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun
sautyein the Sautya rite
sautye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsautya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), Saptamī vibhakti (loc. 7th), Ekavacana; ‘in the Sautya (rite)’
hnījyanteare worshipped/propitiated
hnījyante:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु) with ni- (passive)
FormLaṭ, 3rd pl., karmaṇi-prayoga (passive); ‘are worshipped/sacrificed to’
vaiindeed
vai:
Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (emphatic particle)
dvijaiḥby the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
dvijaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (agent in passive) / Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instr. 3rd), Bahuvacana
apāmof the waters
apām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootap (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (fem.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (gen. 6th), Bahuvacana; ‘of waters’
yoniḥsource, womb
yoniḥ:
Pratipādya (predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
smṛtaḥis remembered/held to be
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā-sāmānya (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मरणे)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle used predicatively (‘is remembered/considered’)
asauthat (one)
asau:
Karta/topic
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative ‘that’
saḥhe/that
saḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
hiindeed
hi:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta
apsu-nāmānamed ‘Apsunāmā’ (having the name Apsunāmā)
apsu-nāmā:
Samānādhikaraṇa to saḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootapsu (ap, सaptamī-bahuvacana used adverbially) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; avyayībhāva-like locative first member (‘in waters’) + nāmā ‘named’; used as epithet
vibhāvyateis regarded
vibhāvyate:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) with vi- (passive)
FormLaṭ, 3rd sg., passive