Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 53
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
इत्याज्ञप्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रणभ्येशं महोदरः / जगाम वायुवेगेन यत्र रामो व्यवस्थितः
Transliteration
ityājñaprastathetyuktvā praṇabhyeśaṃ mahodaraḥ / jagāma vāyuvegena yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ
Translation
‘ಆಜ್ಞೆ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿ, ಮಹೋದರನು ಈಶ್ವರನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿ, ಗಾಳಿಯ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ರಾಮನು ಇದ್ದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಟನು.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Nipāta (निपात/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle): ‘thus’
ājñācommand
ājñā:
Karma (कर्म/Object; with pratasthe)
TypeNoun
Rootājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) (understood as object of ‘having received/obeyed’)
pratastheset out
pratasthe:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√sthā (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)
itithus
iti:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having said’
praṇabhyahaving bowed
praṇabhya:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√nam (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having bowed’
īśamthe Lord (Śiva)
īśam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of praṇabhya)
TypeNoun
Rootīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
mahodaraḥMahodara
mahodaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-udara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
jagāmawent
jagāma:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
vāyuvegenawith wind-speed
vāyuvegena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu-vega (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास: vāyu + vega ‘speed of wind’; तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Relative location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (relative adverb): ‘where’
rāmaḥRāma
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of implied ‘was’)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
vyavasthitaḥwas stationed/standing
vyavasthitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
Formक्त (Past passive participle), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)