Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 27

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

तासां देवर्षि संस्पर्शा जाताः साधारणा यतः / पर्वतस्तत्र संभूतो नारदश्चैव तावुभौ

Transliteration

tāsāṃ devarṣi saṃsparśā jātāḥ sādhāraṇā yataḥ / parvatastatra saṃbhūto nāradaścaiva tāvubhau

Translation

तासां देवर্ষि-संस्पर्शाः जाताः साधारणाः यतः। पर्वतः तत्र संभूतो नारदश्चैव तावुभौ॥

Word by Word

• tāsām: of them (those females)
• tāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6th), Bahuvacana; pronoun

• devarṣi-saṃsparśāḥ: contacts with divine sages
• devarṣi-saṃsparśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana; 'contact with devarṣis'

• jātāḥ: arose
• jātāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan जने)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga (m.) Prathamā Bahuvacana agreeing with saṃsparśāḥ; sense 'arose/were born'

• sādhāraṇāḥ: common/shared
• sādhāraṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sādhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Bahuvacana; predicate adjective qualifying saṃsparśāḥ

• yataḥ: because
• yataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, causal relative adverb (because/whence)

• parvataḥ: Parvata
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Ekavacana (proper name Parvata)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, locative adverb (there)

• saṃbhūtaḥ: was born/appeared
• saṃbhūtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃbhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū भवने with sam-)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga (m.) Prathamā Ekavacana; predicate 'was born/appeared'

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (indeed/just)

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Dvivacana; pronoun

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā, Dvivacana; adjective agreeing with tau