Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 68

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

इन्द्रो विवस्वान्पूषा च पर्जन्यो दशमः स्मृतः / ततस्त्वष्टा ततो विष्णुरजघन्यो जघन्यजः

Transliteration

indro vivasvānpūṣā ca parjanyo daśamaḥ smṛtaḥ / tatastvaṣṭā tato viṣṇurajaghanyo jaghanyajaḥ

Translation

Si Indra, Vivasvān, Pūṣā, at Parjanya—sila ang inaalala bilang ikasampu (sa mga Āditya). Pagkaraan nito ay si Tvaṣṭā, saka si Viṣṇu; at binanggit din sina Ajaghanya at Jaghanyaja.

Word by Word

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vivasvān: Vivasvān (Sun)
• vivasvān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; -vat stem, nom.sg. -vān

• pūṣā: Pūṣā (Pūṣan)
• pūṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; -an stem

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• parjanyaḥ: Parjanya
• parjanyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parjanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• daśamaḥ: the tenth
• daśamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal used predicatively

• smṛtaḥ: is said/remembered
• smṛtaḥ: Karmaṇi-bhāva (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (स्मृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicative: ‘is said/remembered’

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Discourse/Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)

• tvaṣṭā: Tvaṣṭā
• tvaṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvaṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Discourse/Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ajaghanyaḥ: not the lowest; not last
• ajaghanyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-jaghanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; negative prefix a-; qualifying viṣṇuḥ

• jaghanyajaḥ: born last; last-born
• jaghanyajaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jaghanya-ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: jaghanya (lowest/last) + ja (born)