Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 47

Kārttavīrya-vadha (Death of Karttavīrya) / Bhārgava Rāma’s Battle with the King’s Sons

Devanagari script

भार्गव उवाच अहो श्रुतमपूर्वं किं वचनं तव वक्त्रतः / ब्रान्त्या विनिर्गतं वापि हास्यार्थमथवोदितम्

Transliteration

bhārgava uvāca aho śrutamapūrvaṃ kiṃ vacanaṃ tava vaktrataḥ / brāntyā vinirgataṃ vāpi hāsyārthamathavoditam

Translation

Wika ni Bhārgava: “Aba! Anong di-karaniwang pananalita ang narinig ko mula sa iyong bibig? Lumabas ba ito dahil sa pagkalito, o sinabi lamang para sa biro?”

Word by Word

• bhārgavaḥ: Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• bhārgavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; vocative sense possible in narration, but form is nominative

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: Perfect/Liṭ (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• aho: alas!/oh!
• aho: Bhāva (भाव/Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aho (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, exclamation (विस्मयादि-निपात)

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Karma (कर्म/That which is heard)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śru (श्रु-धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used predicatively 'heard'

• apūrvam: unprecedented
• apūrvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifying śrutam/vacanam

• kim: what?
• kim: Prashna (प्रश्न/Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; interrogative pronoun

• vacanam: statement/words
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म/Object/content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; 2nd person pronoun

• vaktrataḥ: from (your) mouth
• vaktrataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from the mouth'

• brāntyā: through delusion
• brāntyā: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु, Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• vinirgatam: uttered/come out
• vinirgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nis-gam (गम्-धातु) → vinirgata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifying vacanam

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, disjunctive conjunction

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• hāsya-artham: for joking
• hāsya-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāsya (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'for the purpose of laughter/joking'

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (विकल्प), 'or else'

• uditam: spoken
• uditam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vad (वद्-धातु) → udita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifying vacanam