Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 170

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ताश्चतस्रो देवयोनयः / अतः शृणुत भद्रं वः प्रजाः क्रोधवशान्वयाः

Transliteration

gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntāścatasro devayonayaḥ / ataḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ krodhavaśānvayāḥ

Translation

Mula sa gandharva hanggang sa piśāca—ito ang apat na uri ng devayoni; kaya makinig, mga nilalang na lahing nasa ilalim ng galit, para sa inyong kabutihan.

Word by Word

• gandharva-ādyāḥ: beginning with gandharvas
• gandharva-ādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (gandharvādayaḥ = beginning with gandharvas)

• piśāca-antāḥ: ending with piśācas
• piśāca-antāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (ending with piśācas)

• catasraḥ: four
• catasraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective

• deva-yonayaḥ: divine species (birth-classes)
• deva-yonayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (divine species/origins)

• ataḥ: therefore; hence
• ataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (हेतु/तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• śṛṇuta: hear (you all)
• śṛṇuta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural

• bhadram: auspiciousness; welfare
• bhadram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used as benedictive object ('good fortune')

• vaḥ: for you
• vaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; here: Dative sense 'for you'

• prajāḥ: creatures; progeny
• prajāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥ: descended from (those) under the sway of anger
• krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (krodhasya vaśe anvayāḥ = belonging to the lineage under anger's control)