Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 32
Agnibheda–Vaṃśa: Forms of Agni, Their Functions, and Progeny (अग्निभेद-वंशः)
Devanagari script
धिष्ण्यावाहरणा ह्येते सौत्येह्नीज्यन्त वै द्विजैः / अपां योनिः स्मृतो ऽसौ स ह्यप्सुनामा विभाव्यते
Transliteration
dhiṣṇyāvāharaṇā hyete sautyehnījyanta vai dvijaiḥ / apāṃ yoniḥ smṛto 'sau sa hyapsunāmā vibhāvyate
Translation
ਇਹ ‘ਧਿਸ਼੍ਣ੍ਯਾਵਾਹਰਣ’ ਅਗਨਿ ਸੌਤ੍ਯ ਦਿਨ ਦ੍ਵਿਜਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪੂਜੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ‘ਅਪਾਂ ਯੋਨਿ’ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ‘ਅਪ੍ਸੁਨਾਮਾ’ ਵੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
dhiṣṇya-āvāharaṇāḥ(the forms called) Dhiṣṇya and Āvāharaṇa
dhiṣṇya-āvāharaṇāḥ:
Karta/topic (plural)
TypeNoun
Rootdhiṣṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + āvāharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva (two coordinated names)
hiindeed, for
hi:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), explanatory/emphatic
etethese
ete:
Karta (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun
sautyein the Sautya rite
sautye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsautya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), Saptamī vibhakti (loc. 7th), Ekavacana; ‘in the Sautya (rite)’
hnījyanteare worshipped/propitiated
hnījyante:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√yaj (धातु) with ni- (passive)
FormLaṭ, 3rd pl., karmaṇi-prayoga (passive); ‘are worshipped/sacrificed to’
vaiindeed
vai:
Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (emphatic particle)
dvijaiḥby the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
dvijaiḥ:
Kartṛ-karaṇa (agent in passive) / Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instr. 3rd), Bahuvacana
apāmof the waters
apām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootap (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (fem.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (gen. 6th), Bahuvacana; ‘of waters’
yoniḥsource, womb
yoniḥ:
Pratipādya (predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
smṛtaḥis remembered/held to be
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā-sāmānya (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛta (कृदन्त; √smṛ स्मरणे)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta-participle used predicatively (‘is remembered/considered’)
asauthat (one)
asau:
Karta/topic
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative ‘that’
saḥhe/that
saḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
hiindeed
hi:
Connector
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta
apsu-nāmānamed ‘Apsunāmā’ (having the name Apsunāmā)
apsu-nāmā:
Samānādhikaraṇa to saḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootapsu (ap, सaptamī-bahuvacana used adverbially) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; avyayībhāva-like locative first member (‘in waters’) + nāmā ‘named’; used as epithet
vibhāvyateis regarded
vibhāvyate:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) with vi- (passive)
FormLaṭ, 3rd sg., passive