Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 83
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
हत्वा तु सकलान्दैत्यान्देवान्सर्वानहर्षयत् / क्षणेन नाशयामास रामः प्रहरतां वरः
Transliteration
hatvā tu sakalāndaityāndevānsarvānaharṣayat / kṣaṇena nāśayāmāsa rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
Translation
ਸਾਰੇ ਦੈਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸਭ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ। ਵਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਰਾਮ ਨੇ ਇਕ ਛਿਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
Word by Word
hatvāhaving slain
hatvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrva-kriyā)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
sakalānall
sakalān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsakala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daityān
daityāndaityas
daityān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarvānall
sarvān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies devān
aharṣayatgladdened/delighted
aharṣayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothṛṣ (धातु)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, aorist) causative sense (णिच् implied), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular
kṣaṇenain a moment
kṣaṇena:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial instrument 'in a moment'
nāśayāmāsadestroyed/caused to perish
nāśayāmāsa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnaś (धातु)
FormCausative (णिच्) + Liṭ (लिट्, periphrastic perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
praharatāmof the strikers/warriors
praharatām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpraharat (कृदन्त; √hṛ/har? here √hṛ 'to strike' as प्र-√हृ/प्रहर् in usage)
FormPresent active participle used substantively (शतृ-प्रत्यय), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
varaḥthe best
varaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate/apposition to rāmaḥ