Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 16
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
अनादिनिधनस्याथ जज्ञे नारायणस्य या / कुलोचितानवद्याङ्गी उर्वश्चेकादशी स्मृता
Transliteration
anādinidhanasyātha jajñe nārāyaṇasya yā / kulocitānavadyāṅgī urvaścekādaśī smṛtā
Translation
Pagkaraan, ang isinilang mula kay Nārāyaṇa na walang simula at walang wakas—marangal ayon sa angkan, walang kapintasan ang mga sangkap—siya si Urvaśī, na inaalala bilang ika-labing-isa.
Word by Word
anādinidhanasyaof the beginningless and endless
anādinidhanasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-ādi-nidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘without beginning and end’; qualifying nārāyaṇasya
athathen
atha:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle/adverb (अव्यय) ‘then/now’
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन्) (धातु)
FormLiṭ lakāra (लिट्, perfect), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; ‘was born’
nārāyaṇasyaof Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive ‘of Nārāyaṇa’
yāwho (she)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun ‘who/which (she)’
kulocitābefitting (her) lineage
kulocitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkula-ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘befitting the family/lineage’
anavadyāṅgīof flawless limbs
anavadyāṅgī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan-avadya-aṅgī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi ‘she whose limbs are faultless’
urvaśīUrvaśī
urvaśī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rooturvaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper name
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
ekādaśīthe eleventh
ekādaśī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या-विशेषण)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ordinal ‘eleventh’ (dvigu-based numeral formation) qualifying urvaśī
smṛtāis remembered/known as
smṛtā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ + kta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used predicatively ‘is remembered/called’