Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 48
Kārttavīrya–Paraśurāma-saṅgrāma-kathā
Sagara’s Inquiry and Vasiṣṭha’s Account
Devanagari script
चरितं पुण्यदं चैव पापघ्नं शृण्वतामिदम् / यद्यत्करिष्यते चैव तदपि ज्ञानगोचरम्
Transliteration
caritaṃ puṇyadaṃ caiva pāpaghnaṃ śṛṇvatāmidam / yadyatkariṣyate caiva tadapi jñānagocaram
Translation
ਇਹ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ਸੁਣਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੰਨ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਤੇ ਪਾਪ ਨਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਹੈ; ਅੱਗੇ ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ, ਉਹ ਵੀ ਗਿਆਨ ਦੇ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਵੇਗਾ।
Word by Word
चरितम्the account/deed
चरितम्:
Karma (कर्म) / Topic
TypeNoun
Rootचरित (कृदन्त, √चर्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; action-noun/‘deed, story’ from PPP
पुण्यदम्bestowing merit
पुण्यदम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √दा)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; समासः—पुण्यं ददाति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निश्चयार्थक अव्यय)
पापघ्नम्destroying sin
पापघ्नम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक from √हन्)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; समासः—पापं हन्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
शृण्वताम्of the listeners
शृण्वताम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; ‘of those who are listening’
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (कर्म) / Topic
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यत्-यत्whatever
यत्-यत्:
Karma (कर्म) / Correlative
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormCorrelative relative pronoun used distributively; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular repeated (यद्यत् = यत् यत्)
करिष्यतेwill be done
करिष्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple future), 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive/middle sense)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
FormParticle
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म) / Correlative
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; correlative to यत्
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
FormParticle (अप्यर्थक/समुच्चय)
ज्ञान-गोचरम्within the range of knowledge
ज्ञान-गोचरम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; समासः—ज्ञानस्य गोचरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)