Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 47
Viṣṇu-māhātmya-varṇana & Vamśa-prasaṅga
Genealogical Continuation
Devanagari script
ऊर्द्ध्वरेतास्ततश्चापि न्यवसद्भ्रातुराश्रमे / गोधर्मं सौरभेयात्तु वृषभाच्छतवान्प्रभोः
Transliteration
ūrddhvaretāstataścāpi nyavasadbhrāturāśrame / godharmaṃ saurabheyāttu vṛṣabhācchatavānprabhoḥ
Translation
मग ऊर्ध्वरेता होऊन तो भावाच्या आश्रमात राहू लागला; आणि प्रभूच्या वृषभाकडून सुरभेय गोधर्माचा उपदेश त्याने प्राप्त केला।
Word by Word
ūrddhva-retāḥone with upward semen (celibate)
ūrddhva-retāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootūrddhva + retas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि-समास (Bahuvrīhi): ‘whose semen is upward’ (celibate)
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya); ‘then/thereupon’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अपि = ‘also/even’ (particle)
nyavasatdwelt/stayed
nyavasat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni + vas (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); उपसर्ग: नि (ni-)
bhrātuḥof (his) brother
bhrātuḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
āśramein the hermitage
āśrame:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
go-dharmamthe duty/law regarding cows
go-dharmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgo + dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘cow’ + ‘duty/law’
saurabheyātfrom the son of Surabhī
saurabheyāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsaurabheya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘descendant of Surabhī’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (adversative/emphatic particle)
vṛṣabhātfrom the bull
vṛṣabhāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (Singular)
chatavānprotected/covered
chatavān:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootchad (धातु) + vat (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formक्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Kṛdanta, perfect participle active -vat); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘having covered/protected’
prabhoḥof the lord/master
prabhoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)