Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 4
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
साध्यापुत्रास्तु धर्मस्य साध्या द्वादशजज्ञिरे / देवेभ्यस्तान्परान्देवान्दैवज्ञाः परिचक्षते
Transliteration
sādhyāputrāstu dharmasya sādhyā dvādaśajajñire / devebhyastānparāndevāndaivajñāḥ paricakṣate
Translation
ਧਰਮ ਦੀ ਸਾਧਿਆ ਪਤਨੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਸਾਧਿਆ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਜੰਮੇ; ਦੈਵਜ੍ਞ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਉੱਚੇ ਦੇਵ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
sādhyā-putrāḥsons of Sādhyā
sādhyā-putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhyā + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; sādhyāyāḥ putrāḥ
tubut; indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/contrast particle (तु-निपातः)
dharmasyaof Dharma
dharmasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
sādhyāḥthe Sādhyas
sādhyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsādhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; here as class-name ‘Sādhyas’
dvādaśatwelve
dvādaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNumeral adjective; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (agreeing with sādhyāḥ)
jajñirewere born
jajñire:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; ātmanepada
devebhyaḥthan the gods / from the gods
devebhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural; comparative base
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; pronoun
parānsuperior
parān:
Karma (कर्म) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; comparative sense ‘higher/superior’
devāngods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; in apposition to tān
daiva-jñāḥthe knowers of the divine
daiva-jñāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaiva + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; daivaṃ jānanti iti (those who know the divine)
paricakṣatedescribe; call
paricakṣate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari-√cakṣ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; ātmanepada