Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 24
Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga
Devanagari script
सहाप्राज्ञ कथं दृष्टस्त्वया यज्ञविधिर्नृप / औत्तानपादे प्रब्रूहि संशयं नो नुद प्रभो
Transliteration
sahāprājña kathaṃ dṛṣṭastvayā yajñavidhirnṛpa / auttānapāde prabrūhi saṃśayaṃ no nuda prabho
Translation
ਹੇ ਸਹਾਪ੍ਰਾਜ्ञ ਰਾਜਨ! ਔੱਤਾਨਪਾਦ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੂੰ ਯੱਗ ਦੀ ਵਿਧੀ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵੇਖੀ? ਪ੍ਰਭੂ, ਸਾਨੂੰ ਦੱਸ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡਾ ਸੰਦੇਹ ਦੂਰ ਕਰ।
Word by Word
saha-prājñaO companion-wise one / O wise friend
saha-prājña:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsaha + prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
kathamhow?
katham:
Prakāra-adhikaraṇa (प्रकार-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
dṛṣṭaḥseen; perceived
dṛṣṭaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/भाव)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश्, धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with yajñavidhiḥ
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular (एकवचन)
yajña-vidhiḥthe rule/procedure of sacrifice
yajña-vidhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
nṛpaO king
nṛpa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
auttānapādein/at (the time of) Uttānapāda
auttānapāde:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootuttānapāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); place/context
prabrūhitell; explain
prabrūhi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√brū (ब्रू, धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)
naḥof us; our
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic
nudaremove; dispel
nuda:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nud (नुद्, धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
prabhoO lord
prabho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)