Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 24
Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga
Devanagari script
सहाप्राज्ञ कथं दृष्टस्त्वया यज्ञविधिर्नृप / औत्तानपादे प्रब्रूहि संशयं नो नुद प्रभो
Transliteration
sahāprājña kathaṃ dṛṣṭastvayā yajñavidhirnṛpa / auttānapāde prabrūhi saṃśayaṃ no nuda prabho
Translation
हे सहाप्राज्ञ नृप! तुमने औत्तानपाद के विषय में यज्ञ-विधि को कैसे देखा? प्रभो, हमें बताओ और हमारे संशय को दूर करो।
Word by Word
saha-prājñaO companion-wise one / O wise friend
saha-prājña:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsaha + prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
kathamhow?
katham:
Prakāra-adhikaraṇa (प्रकार-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
dṛṣṭaḥseen; perceived
dṛṣṭaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with yajñavidhiḥ
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)
yajña-vidhiḥthe rule/procedure of sacrifice
yajña-vidhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
nṛpaO king
nṛpa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
auttānapādein/at (the time of) Uttānapāda
auttānapāde:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootuttānapāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); place/context
prabrūhitell; explain
prabrūhi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√brū (ब्रू, धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)
naḥof us; our
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic
nudaremove; dispel
nuda:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nud (नुद्, धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
prabhoO lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)