Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 20
Somavaṃśa-prasavaḥ
Birth of the Lunar Line: Budha–Purūravas and the Urvaśī Episode
Devanagari script
एवंप्रभावो राजासीदैलस्तु द्विजसत्तमाः / देशे पुण्यतमे चैव महर्षिभिरलङ्कृते
Transliteration
evaṃprabhāvo rājāsīdailastu dvijasattamāḥ / deśe puṇyatame caiva maharṣibhiralaṅkṛte
Translation
おお、最勝の二度生まれの者たちよ。アイラ王はかくも大いなる威力を備え、偉大なリシたちにより荘厳された、最も聖なる地に住していた。
Word by Word
evaṃ-prabhāvaḥof such power
evaṃ-prabhāvaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootevaṃ (अव्यय) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः “evaṃvidhaḥ prabhāvaḥ yasya” = “of such power”
rājāthe king
rājā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
āsītwas
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
ailaḥAila (Purūravas)
ailaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
dvija-sattamāḥbest of the twice-born (Brahmins)
dvija-sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana/Karta (सम्बोधन/प्रथमा)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः “dvijānāṃ sattamāḥ” (vocative sense possible by context: “O best of twice-born”)
deśein a place
deśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन
puṇya-tamemost holy
puṇya-tame:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative) “most holy”
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक (and)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic)
maharṣibhiḥby great sages
maharṣibhiḥ:
Kartṛ/Instrument in passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
alaṅkṛteadorned
alaṅkṛte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootalaṃ√kṛ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; “adorned” agreeing with deśe