Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 113
Gaṇanātha-Parākrama (Episode of Gaṇeśa’s Martial Exploit) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation
Devanagari script
ततो मुसलघातेन त्यक्तप्राणो महासुरः / चूर्णितेन शताङ्गेन समं भूतलमाश्रयत्
Transliteration
tato musalaghātena tyaktaprāṇo mahāsuraḥ / cūrṇitena śatāṅgena samaṃ bhūtalamāśrayat
Translation
तब मुसल के प्रहार से महा-असुर ने प्राण त्याग दिए; उसके सैकड़ों अंग चूर-चूर होकर धरती पर समतल हो गिरे।
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence; ‘thereupon/then’
musala-ghātenaby the blow of a pestle/club
musala-ghātena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmusala (प्रातिपदिक) + ghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः—‘musalasya ghātaḥ’ (blow with a pestle/club)
tyakta-prāṇaḥlifeless, having given up life
tyakta-prāṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (as qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Roottyakta (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √tyaj त्यज् धातु) + prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (कृदन्त, क्त) used adjectivally; तत्पुरुषः—‘tyaktāḥ prāṇāḥ yena’ (having abandoned life-breath)
mahā-asuraḥthe great demon
mahā-asuraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘mahān asuraḥ’ (a great demon)
cūrṇitenacrushed, pulverized
cūrṇitena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) (qualifier of śatāṅgena)
TypeAdjective
Rootcūrṇita (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √cūrṇ/cūrṇay चूर्णय् धातु)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally
śata-aṅgenawith (his) hundred-limbed (body)
śata-aṅgena:
Karaṇa (करण) / Saha (सह) (instrumental in sense of accompaniment/means)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; द्विगु-समासः—‘śatam aṅgāni yasya/tat’ (hundred-limbed body; i.e., body with many limbs)
samamtogether with; level with
samam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverbial usage meaning ‘equally/together/level with’
bhū-talamthe ground, earth’s surface
bhū-talam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhū (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—‘bhūmeḥ talam’ (surface of the earth)
āśrayatfell upon / took refuge in / came to rest on
āśrayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śri (श्रि धातु) with prefix ā-
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, Aorist), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)