Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 170
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ताश्चतस्रो देवयोनयः / अतः शृणुत भद्रं वः प्रजाः क्रोधवशान्वयाः
Transliteration
gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntāścatasro devayonayaḥ / ataḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ krodhavaśānvayāḥ
Translation
ਗੰਧਰਵ ਆਦਿ ਤੋਂ ਪਿਸਾਚ ਤੱਕ—ਇਹ ਦੇਵ-ਯੋਨੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਚਾਰ ਕਿਸਮਾਂ ਹਨ; ਇਸ ਲਈ, ਹੇ ਕ੍ਰੋਧਵਸ਼ ਵੰਸ਼ਜ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਜਨੋ, ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਭਲੇ ਲਈ ਸੁਣੋ।
Word by Word
gandharva-ādyāḥbeginning with gandharvas
gandharva-ādyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (gandharvādayaḥ = beginning with gandharvas)
piśāca-antāḥending with piśācas
piśāca-antāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpiśāca (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (ending with piśācas)
catasraḥfour
catasraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective
deva-yonayaḥdivine species (birth-classes)
deva-yonayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (divine species/origins)
ataḥtherefore; hence
ataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (हेतु/तस्मात्-अर्थे)
śṛṇutahear (you all)
śṛṇuta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural
bhadramauspiciousness; welfare
bhadram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used as benedictive object ('good fortune')
vaḥfor you
vaḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; here: Dative sense 'for you'
prajāḥcreatures; progeny
prajāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥdescended from (those) under the sway of anger
krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrodha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (krodhasya vaśe anvayāḥ = belonging to the lineage under anger's control)