Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 78

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

भूयो जज्ञे सुरभ्यास्तु श्रीमांश्चन्द्रप्रभो वृषः / स्रग्वी ककुद्मान्द्युतिमा नमृतालयसंभवः

Transliteration

bhūyo jajñe surabhyāstu śrīmāṃścandraprabho vṛṣaḥ / sragvī kakudmāndyutimā namṛtālayasaṃbhavaḥ

Translation

Muli, mula kay Surabhī ay isinilang ang isang maringal na toro na kumikislap na parang liwanag ng buwan; may suot na kuwintas ng bulaklak, may umbok, maningning, at hindi nagmula sa tahanan ng amṛta.

Word by Word

• bhūyaḥ: again/further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• jajñe: was born
• jajñe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada

• surabhyāḥ: from Surabhī
• surabhyāḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surabhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (also possible Genitive 6th); here Ablative with 'jajñe'

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

• śrīmān: splendid/fortunate
• śrīmān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• candraprabhaḥ: moon-radiant
• candraprabhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candra + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'moon-lustrous'

• vṛṣaḥ: bull
• vṛṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• sragvī: garlanded
• sragvī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sragvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; possessive adjective (मतुप्/इन्-derivative)

• kakudmān: hump-backed/with a hump
• kakudmān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kakudmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; possessive adjective (मतुप्)

• dyutimān: radiant
• dyutimān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dyutimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; possessive adjective (मतुप्)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध निपात)

• amṛtālaya-saṃbhavaḥ: not born from the abode of nectar
• amṛtālaya-saṃbhavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amṛta + ālaya + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: amṛtālaya (Tatpurusha) + saṃbhava (Tatpurusha)