Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 11
सगरदिग्विजयः
Sagara’s World-Conquest / Digvijaya
Devanagari script
जनाः परगुणप्रीताः स्वसंपर्काभिकाङ्क्षिणाः / गुरुषु प्रणता नित्यं सद्विद्याव्यसनादृताः
Transliteration
janāḥ paraguṇaprītāḥ svasaṃparkābhikāṅkṣiṇāḥ / guruṣu praṇatā nityaṃ sadvidyāvyasanādṛtāḥ
Translation
लोक परगुणप्रिय, सत्संगाची अभिलाषा धरणारे; गुरूंना नित्य नम्र होऊन वंदन करणारे आणि सद्विद्येच्या अभ्यासात रत असत।
Word by Word
janāḥpeople
janāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
para-guṇa-prītāḥdelighting in others' virtues
para-guṇa-prītāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of janāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + prīta (कृदन्त; √prī प्रीञ्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); prīta = past participle (क्त) used adjectivally; compound: paraguṇe prītāḥ (locative-tatpuruṣa sense)
sva-saṃparka-abhikāṅkṣiṇāḥdesiring association with their own (good) circle
sva-saṃparka-abhikāṅkṣiṇāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of janāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃparka (प्रातिपदिक) + abhikāṅkṣin (कृदन्त; √kāṅkṣ काङ्क्ष्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); abhikāṅkṣin = present participial/agentive (शतृ/णिनि-प्राय) ‘desiring’; compound: svasaṃparkaṃ abhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ (object-tatpuruṣa)
guruṣutowards/in the teachers
guruṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootguru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Plural (बहुवचन)
praṇatāḥbowed down, respectful
praṇatāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of janāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootpraṇata (कृदन्त; √nam नम्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); past participle (क्त)
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
sat-vidyā-vyasana-ādṛtāḥesteeming devotion to true knowledge
sat-vidyā-vyasana-ādṛtāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of janāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootsat (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādṛta (कृदन्त; √dṛ/ādṛ आदृ)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); ādṛta = past participle (क्त) ‘respected/valued’; compound sense: sadvidyāvyasane ādṛtāḥ (locative-tatpuruṣa: ‘valuing devotion/addiction to true knowledge’)