Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 52
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
तत्र गत्वात्वमद्यैव निवेद्य मम शासनम् / महोदर तपस्यन्तं तमिहानय माचिरम्
Transliteration
tatra gatvātvamadyaiva nivedya mama śāsanam / mahodara tapasyantaṃ tamihānaya māciram
Translation
今日ただちにそこへ赴き、我が命を伝えよ。マホーダラよ、苦行中のそのラーマを遅れずここへ連れて来い。
Word by Word
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘there’
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having gone’
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)
adyatoday/now
adya:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘today/now’
evaindeed/just
eva:
Nipāta (निपात/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic particle): ‘indeed/just’
nivedyahaving reported
nivedya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootni-√vid (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having informed/presented’
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); 1st person pronoun
śāsanamcommand/order
śāsanam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of nivedya)
TypeNoun
Rootśāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
mahodaraO Mahodara
mahodara:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-udara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
tapasyantamdoing austerity
tapasyantam:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier of tam)
TypeVerb
Root√tapas (धातु)
Formशतृ (Present active participle), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ānaya)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण/Place)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘here’
ānayabring
ānaya:
Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√nī (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
mādo not
mā:
Nipāta (निपात/Prohibition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmā (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle) used with imperative: ‘do not’
ciramlong (delay)
ciram:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial use): ‘for long/long time’