Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 7
Jayā-devāḥ Mantraśarīratvaṃ, Vairāgya, and Brahmā’s Śāpa
The Jayas’ Refusal of Progeny
Devanagari script
अजन्म काङ्क्षमाणास्ते निर्मुक्ता दोषदर्शिनः / अर्थं धर्मं च कामं च हित्वा ते वै व्यवस्थिताः
Transliteration
ajanma kāṅkṣamāṇāste nirmuktā doṣadarśinaḥ / arthaṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca hitvā te vai vyavasthitāḥ
Translation
ਅਜਨਮ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ, ਦੋਸ਼ ਵੇਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਮੁਕਤ ਉਹ; ਅਰਥ, ਧਰਮ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਮ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਤਿਆਗ ਕੇ ਟਿਕ ਗਏ।
Word by Word
a-janmanon-birth
a-janma:
Karma (कर्म; object of desiring)
TypeNoun
Roota + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrivative (नञ्) compound; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used as object of desire ‘non-birth’
kāṅkṣamāṇāḥdesiring
kāṅkṣamāṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; participial subject)
TypeVerb
Root√kāṅkṣ (धातु)
FormPresent middle participle (शानच्/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
nirmuktāḥfreed
nirmuktāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootnir + √muc (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘freed’
doṣa-darśinaḥperceivers of faults
doṣa-darśinaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to te)
TypeNoun
Rootdoṣa + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘seeing faults’; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
arthamwealth/aim
artham:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootartha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
dharmamdharma/duty
dharmam:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
kāmamdesire/pleasure
kāmam:
Karma (कर्म; object of abandoning)
TypeNoun
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
hitvāhaving abandoned
hitvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√hā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √hā; ‘having abandoned’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
vyavasthitāḥsteadfast/established
vyavasthitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘established/steadfast’