Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 26
कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्
Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū
Devanagari script
गङ्गनिमित्तं राजर्षिरुवास बहुलाः समाः / दिवं यास्यन्ति ते बुर्वे गङ्गतोयपरिप्लुताः
Transliteration
gaṅganimittaṃ rājarṣiruvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ / divaṃ yāsyanti te burve gaṅgatoyapariplutāḥ
Translation
गङ्गा के निमित्त राजर्षि (भगीरथ) ने अनेक वर्षों तक वहाँ निवास किया। मैं कहता हूँ—जो गङ्गाजल से अभिषिक्त हैं, वे स्वर्ग को जाते हैं।
Word by Word
gaṅgā-nimittamfor the sake of the Gaṅgā; as the cause
gaṅgā-nimittam:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + nimitta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa ‘gaṅgāyāḥ nimittam’; Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; hetvartha (cause-purpose)
rāja-ṛṣiḥthe royal sage
rāja-ṛṣiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa ‘rājā ca sa ṛṣiḥ’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
uvāsadwelt; stayed
uvāsa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vas (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
bahulāḥmany
bahulāḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa (of samāḥ)
samāḥyears
samāḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ‘years’
divamto heaven
divam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdiv (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; gati-karman (goal of motion)
yāsyantiwill go
yāsyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लुट्, periphrastic future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; sarvanāma
bruveI say; I declare
bruve:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana; parasmaipada; Vedic/epic form for brūmi
gaṅgā-toya-pariplutāḥimmersed in the waters of the Gaṅgā
gaṅgā-toya-pariplutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक) + pari + √plu (धातु)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; past participle (kta/क्त) ‘paripluta’ with upasarga pari-; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa (of te)