Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 10
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
धर्मपुत्रा महाभागाः साध्या ये द्वादशामराः / पूर्वं समनुसूयन्ते चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः
Transliteration
dharmaputrā mahābhāgāḥ sādhyā ye dvādaśāmarāḥ / pūrvaṃ samanusūyante cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ
Translation
ಧರ್ಮನ ಪುತ್ರರು, ಮಹಾಭಾಗ್ಯಶಾಲಿಗಳಾದ ಆ ಹನ್ನೆರಡು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ದೇವರುಗಳು—ಚಾಕ್ಷುಷ ಮನುನ ಮನ್ವಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಗಣಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Word by Word
dharmaputrāḥsons of Dharma
dharmaputrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma-putra (प्रातिपदिक; components: dharma + putra)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘sons of Dharma’
mahābhāgāḥhighly fortunate
mahābhāgāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; components: mahā + bhāga)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय ‘greatly fortunate’ qualifying dharmaputrāḥ/sādhyāḥ
sādhyāḥthe Sādhyas
sādhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
yewho
ye:
Anuyogi (अनुयोगी/relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral adjective (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like in form; here qualifying amarāḥ
amarāḥimmortals/gods
amarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootamara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
pūrvamformerly/earlier
pūrvam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrvam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)
samanusūyantethey follow/attend upon
samanusūyante:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sū (धातु) with anu+sam (prefixes)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); meaning ‘to follow/attend upon’ (समनुसूयते)
cākṣuṣasyaof Cākṣuṣa
cākṣuṣasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)
antarein the manvantara/period
antare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the interval/manvantara’
manoḥof Manu
manoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)