Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 84

Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger

Dialogue Frame

Devanagari script

रामेण हन्यमा नास्तु समस्ता दैत्यदानवाः / ददृशुः सर्वतो रामं हतशेषा भयान्विताः

Transliteration

rāmeṇa hanyamā nāstu samastā daityadānavāḥ / dadṛśuḥ sarvato rāmaṃ hataśeṣā bhayānvitāḥ

Translation

ラーマによってダイティヤとダーナヴァがことごとく討たれると、わずかに生き残った者たちは恐怖に包まれ、四方のどこにもラーマの姿を見た。

Word by Word

• rāmeṇa: by Rama
• rāmeṇa: Karta (कर्ता) / Karaṇa (करण) in passive construction
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hanyamānāḥ: being slain
• hanyamānāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) in passive sense (patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with daitya-dānavāḥ

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)

• samastāḥ: all/entire
• samastāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ

• daitya-dānavāḥ: Daityas and Dānavas
• daitya-dānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (of 'saw')
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dadṛśuḥ: saw
• dadṛśuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvataḥ: from all sides/everywhere
• sarvataḥ: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• rāmam: Rama
• rāmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hata-śeṣāḥ: with only remnants left (most slain)
• hata-śeṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त; √han, हन्) + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ

• bhaya-anvitāḥ: filled with fear
• bhaya-anvitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त; √i, इ/√vī? here 'anvita' from √i with anu-; lexical)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daitya-dānavāḥ