Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
इन्द्रो विवस्वान्पूषा च पर्जन्यो दशमः स्मृतः / ततस्त्वष्टा ततो विष्णुरजघन्यो जघन्यजः
Transliteration
indro vivasvānpūṣā ca parjanyo daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ / tatastvaṣṭā tato viṣṇurajaghanyo jaghanyajaḥ
Translation
ਇੰਦਰ, ਵਿਵਸਵਾਨ, ਪੂਸ਼ਾ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਜਨ੍ਯ—ਇਹ ਦਸਵਾਂ (ਆਦਿਤ੍ਯ) ਮੰਨੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ। ਫਿਰ ਤ੍ਵਸ਼ਟਾ, ਫਿਰ ਵਿਸ਼ਣੁ; ਅਤੇ ਅਜਘਨ੍ਯ ਤੇ ਜਘਨ੍ਯਜ ਵੀ (ਉਲਲੇਖਿਤ) ਹਨ।
Word by Word
indraḥIndra
indraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootindra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
vivasvānVivasvān (Sun)
vivasvān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; -vat stem, nom.sg. -vān
pūṣāPūṣā (Pūṣan)
pūṣā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; -an stem
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
parjanyaḥParjanya
parjanyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootparjanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
daśamaḥthe tenth
daśamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal used predicatively
smṛtaḥis said/remembered
smṛtaḥ:
Karmaṇi-bhāva (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicative: ‘is said/remembered’
tataḥthen; thereafter
tataḥ:
Discourse/Sequence (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)
tvaṣṭāTvaṣṭā
tvaṣṭā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvaṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tataḥthen; thereafter
tataḥ:
Discourse/Sequence (क्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ajaghanyaḥnot the lowest; not last
ajaghanyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-jaghanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; negative prefix a-; qualifying viṣṇuḥ
jaghanyajaḥborn last; last-born
jaghanyajaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjaghanya-ja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: jaghanya (lowest/last) + ja (born)