Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20

सगरस्यौर्वाश्रमगमनम्

Sagara’s Journey to Aurva’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

नियम्य सह भार्याभ्यां किञ्चित्कालमिहावस / अवाप्स्यति ततो ऽभीष्टं भवान्नात्र विचारमा

Transliteration

niyamya saha bhāryābhyāṃ kiñcitkālamihāvasa / avāpsyati tato 'bhīṣṭaṃ bhavānnātra vicāramā

Translation

二人の妃とともに戒めを守り、しばらくここに住むがよい。やがて汝は望むものを得るであろう；このことに迷いを抱くな。

Word by Word

• niyamya: having restrained
• niyamya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yam (धातु) → niyamya (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: Gerund/absolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable; ‘having restrained/controlled’

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Prepositional indeclinable (सह) governing Instrumental

• bhāryābhyām: with (his) two wives
• bhāryābhyām: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3 विभक्ति), Dual (द्विवचन)

• kiñcit-kālam: for some time
• kiñcit-kālam: Kāla-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (सर्वनाम/अव्यय) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya compound; Masculine, Accusative, Singular; adverbial accusative of duration

• iha: here
• iha: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक)

• āvasa: stay, dwell
• āvasa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vas (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• avāpsyati: will obtain
• avāpsyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Hetu/Anantara (हेतु/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (ततः)

• abhīṣṭam: the desired (boon)
• abhīṣṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhīṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; ‘desired thing’

• bhavān: you (sir)
• bhavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; honorific 2nd person pronoun

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक)

• vicāram: deliberation, doubt
• vicāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular; used with implied ‘kuru’/‘arhasi’ in prohibitive sense

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: Prohibitive particle (मा) used with imperative/optative sense