Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 50

Rāma’s Stuti of Śiva (Śarva) and the Theophany of the Three‑Eyed Lord

Devanagari script

स तत्र ददृशे बालं धृतप्राणमनुद्रुतम् / व्याघ्रेण विप्रतनयं रुदन्तं भीतभीतवत्

Transliteration

sa tatra dadṛśe bālaṃ dhṛtaprāṇamanudrutam / vyāghreṇa vipratanayaṃ rudantaṃ bhītabhītavat

Translation

Di situ dia melihat seorang anak—menahan nafas, tidak mampu melarikan diri—seorang putera brāhmaṇa yang menangis, sangat ketakutan kerana seekor harimau.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-vācaka adverb (place)

• dadṛśe: saw
• dadṛśe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्/Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana, ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• bālam: a boy
• bālam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• dhṛta-prāṇam: barely alive
• dhṛta-prāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः—‘धृताः प्राणाः येन’ (with life held on)

• anudrutam: not yet pursued/caught up (unseized)
• anudrutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-drut (धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त) PPP, Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘not run after / not chased’ (context: not yet carried off)

• vyāghreṇa: by a tiger
• vyāghreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana

• vipra-tanayam: a brahmin’s son
• vipra-tanayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः—‘विप्रस्य तनयः’

• rudantam: crying
• rudantam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rud (धातु)
• Form: Śatṛ present active participle, Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• bhīta-bhīta-vat: as if greatly frightened
• bhīta-bhīta-vat: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + bhīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: Avyaya; vat-suffix adverbial usage (वत्), manner adverb; reduplication for intensity