Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 59
Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)
Devanagari script
नाभेर्निसर्गं वक्ष्यामि हिमाह्वे ऽस्मिन्निबोधत / नाभिस्त्वज नयत्पुत्रं मेरुदेव्यां महाद्युतिम्
Transliteration
nābhernisargaṃ vakṣyāmi himāhve 'sminnibodhata / nābhistvaja nayatputraṃ merudevyāṃ mahādyutim
Translation
Ngayon ay isasalaysay ko ang pinagmulan ng lahi ni Nabhi sa lupang tinatawag na Hima—makinig. Si Nabhi ay nagkaanak kay Merudevi ng anak na lubhang maningning, si Aja.
Word by Word
nābheḥof Nābhi
nābheḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootnābhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
nisargamorigin/lineage
nisargam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnisarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vakṣyāmiI shall describe
vakṣyāmi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
himāhvein Himāhva (name of a varṣa/region)
himāhve:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothimāhva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
asminin this
asmin:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter
nibodhataunderstand/heed (you all)
nibodhata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (बुध् धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
nābhiḥNābhi
nābhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnābhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात), emphasis/contrast
ajaO Aja (Brahmā)
aja:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
nayatbegot/produced
nayat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnī (नी धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
putrama son
putram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
merudevyāmin Merudevī (his wife)
merudevyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmerudevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
mahā-dyutimof great radiance
mahā-dyutim:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय): ‘great in splendor’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies putram