Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 169
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
धर्मैश्वर्येण बुद्ध्या च तपःश्रुतपराक्रमैः / देवासुरेभ्यो हीयन्ते त्रींस्त्रीन्पादान्परस्परम्
Transliteration
dharmaiśvaryeṇa buddhyā ca tapaḥśrutaparākramaiḥ / devāsurebhyo hīyante trīṃstrīnpādānparasparam
Translation
ਧਰਮ, ਐਸ਼ਵਰ੍ਯ, ਬੁੱਧੀ, ਤਪ, ਸ਼੍ਰੁਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਤੇ ਅਸੁਰਾਂ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਪਰਸਪਰ ਤਿੰਨ-ਤਿੰਨ ਪਾਦ ਘੱਟ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
dharma-aiśvaryeṇaby righteousness and sovereignty
dharma-aiśvaryeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (by dharma and sovereignty)
buddhyāby intellect
buddhyā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
tapaḥ-śruta-parākramaiḥby austerity, learning, and valor
tapaḥ-śruta-parākramaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक) + śruta (प्रातिपदिक) + parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (by austerity, learning, and valor)
deva-asurebhyaḥfrom the gods and asuras
deva-asurebhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः
hīyanteare diminished
hīyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothā (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; passive/intransitive sense: 'they diminish/are reduced'
trīnthree
trīn:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; numeral adjective qualifying 'pādān'
trīnthree (each)
trīn:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; distributive repetition (three and three)
pādānquarters/parts
pādān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
parasparammutually; one after another
parasparam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparaspara (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormReciprocal adverb (परस्पर-क्रियाविशेषण)