Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 25

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Devanagari script

पुरुं जज्ञे ऽथ शर्मिष्ठा दुष्यन्तसुपदानवी / वैश्वानरसुते एते पुलोमा कालका तथा

Transliteration

puruṃ jajñe 'tha śarmiṣṭhā duṣyantasupadānavī / vaiśvānarasute ete pulomā kālakā tathā

Translation

पुरुं जज्ञेऽथ शर्मिष्ठा, दुष्यन्तसुपदानवी; वैश्वानरसुते एते, पुलोमा कालका तथा।

Word by Word

• purum: Puru
• purum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) singular (एकवचन)

• jajñe: was born / was begotten
• jajñe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunctive adverb (अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय)

• śarmiṣṭhā: Śarmiṣṭhā
• śarmiṣṭhā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarmiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)

• duṣyanta-supadānavī: Duṣyantā and Supadānavī
• duṣyanta-supadānavī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duṣyanta + supadānavī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) dual (द्विवचन) sense; द्वन्द्व (समाहार/इतरेतर) used as a pair-name: ‘Duṣyantā and Supadānavī’ (two women)

• vaiśvānarasute: the two daughters of Vaiśvānara
• vaiśvānarasute: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśvānara-sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) dual (द्विवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: vaiśvānara + sutā

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन) (or deictic plural); referring to the following names

• pulomā: Pulomā
• pulomā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulomā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)

• kālakā: Kālakā
• kālakā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय), additive ‘also/likewise’