Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 130
ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
Devanagari script
त्विषिमान् धर्मपुत्रस्तु सोमो देवो वसोस्सुतः / शीतरश्मिः समुत्पन्नः कृत्तिकासु निशाकरः
Transliteration
tviṣimān dharmaputrastu somo devo vasossutaḥ / śītaraśmiḥ samutpannaḥ kṛttikāsu niśākaraḥ
Translation
Ang maningning na Soma, anak ni Dharma at anak ng Vasu—ang Niśākara na may malamig na sinag—ay sumilang sa nakshatrang Krittika.
Word by Word
tviṣimānradiant, lustrous
tviṣimān:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeAdjective
Roottviṣimat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); adjective used substantively/apposition to somaḥ
dharma-putraḥson of Dharma
dharma-putraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘son of Dharma’); Masculine, Nominative Singular
tubut/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adversative/contrastive particle (निपात)
somaḥSoma (Moon)
somaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
devaḥgod
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; in apposition to somaḥ
vasoḥof Vasu
vasoḥ:
Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive Singular
sutaḥson
sutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; ‘son’ (apposition to somaḥ)
śīta-raśmiḥcool-rayed one
śīta-raśmiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootśīta (प्रातिपदिक) + raśmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (विशेषण-विशेष्य: ‘cool-rayed’); Masculine, Nominative Singular; epithet of somaḥ/niśākaraḥ
samutpannaḥarisen, born
samutpannaḥ:
Karta-dharma (कर्तृ-धर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ut-pad (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative Singular; agrees with somaḥ
kṛttikāsuin (the asterism) Kṛttikā(s)
kṛttikāsu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛttikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative Plural
niśākaraḥmoon (night-maker)
niśākaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootniśā (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘maker of night’); Masculine, Nominative Singular; epithet of Soma