Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 171

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

पूर्वे वंशपुराणज्ञा गायन्तीति परिश्रुतम् / नाभागेरंबरीषस्य भुजाभ्यां परिपालिता

Transliteration

pūrve vaṃśapurāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam / nābhāgeraṃbarīṣasya bhujābhyāṃ paripālitā

Translation

古の系譜とプラーナに通じた者たちがこれを歌ったと伝えられる。ナーバーガのアンバリーシャは両腕の力で民を守護した。

Word by Word

• pūrve: the ancients
• pūrve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; used substantively = 'the ancients/former ones'

• vaṃśa-purāṇa-jñāḥ: knowers of genealogies and Purāṇas
• vaṃśa-purāṇa-jñāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुष: vaṃśa-purāṇa = 'genealogies and purāṇas' (as object-domain) + jña = 'knower'

• gāyanti: they sing/recite
• gāyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gai (गै धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• pariśrutam: it is well-known/traditionally heard
• pariśrutam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/impersonal predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-śru (श्रु धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; used predicatively = 'it is well-heard/commonly reported'

• nābhāga-ambarīṣasya: of Nābhāga and Ambarīṣa
• nābhāga-ambarīṣasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + ambarīṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; द्वन्द्व (itaretara): 'Nābhāga and Ambarīṣa' as a pair; genitive of relation

• bhujābhyām: with (their) two arms
• bhujābhyām: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual

• paripālitā: protected/guarded
• paripālitā: Kriyā (क्रियापद-भाव/participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-pāl (पाल् धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with implied feminine subject (e.g., vasudhā/earth)