Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 75
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
मासस्याहानि त्रिंशत्तु यानि वै कवयो विदुः / निर्वाणरतयो देवा रात्रयस्तु विहङ्गमाः
Transliteration
māsasyāhāni triṃśattu yāni vai kavayo viduḥ / nirvāṇaratayo devā rātrayastu vihaṅgamāḥ
Translation
मास के जो तीस दिन कवि जानते हैं, वे ही निर्वाण-रत देव हैं; और रात्रियाँ मानो विहंगम, पक्षियों-सी चंचल कही गई हैं।
Word by Word
māsasyaof a month
māsasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
ahānidays
ahāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
triṃśatthirty
triṃśat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral, indeclinable-like in usage; here agreeing with ahāni as count “thirty”
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
yāniwhich
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; relative pronoun referring to ahāni
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
kavayaḥsages/poets
kavayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkavi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
viduḥknow
viduḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada
nirvāṇaratayaḥdelighting in nirvāṇa
nirvāṇaratayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirvāṇa-rata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; qualifying devāḥ
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
rātrayaḥnights
rātrayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrātri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tuand/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
vihaṅgamāḥbirds (moving ones)
vihaṅgamāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootvihaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicative adjective for rātrayaḥ (metaphoric/identificatory)