Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 76

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

विश्रुतास्तु महाभागा गान्धर्व्या वाजिनः सुताः / उच्चैःश्रवादयो जाताः खेचरास्ते मनोजवाः

Transliteration

viśrutāstu mahābhāgā gāndharvyā vājinaḥ sutāḥ / uccaiḥśravādayo jātāḥ khecarāste manojavāḥ

Translation

Ang mga mapalad na anak ni Vājina na isinilang kay Gandharvī ay naging bantog; sina Uccaiḥśravā at iba pa’y isinilang na mga lumilipad sa himpapawid, kasingbilis ng isip.

Word by Word

• viśrutāḥ: well-known
• viśrutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśruta (कृदन्त; √śru धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), adversative/contrastive

• mahābhāgāḥ: greatly fortunate/noble
• mahābhāgāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound adjective

• gāndharvyāḥ: from the Gandharvī
• gāndharvyāḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gāndharvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (also possible Genitive 6th); here Ablative with 'jātāḥ' understood

• vājinaḥ: of the steed
• vājinaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• sutāḥ: sons
• sutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• uccaiḥśravādayaḥ: (those) beginning with Uccaiḥśravas
• uccaiḥśravādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uccaiḥśravas + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ādi-compound meaning 'beginning with Uccaiḥśravas'

• jātāḥ: born
• jātāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively = 'were born'

• khecarāḥ: sky-goers
• khecarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khe + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• te: they/those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun

• manojavāḥ: swift as the mind
• manojavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas + java (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'mind-speed' = swift as thought