Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 30
Pitṛgaṇa-Vibhāga (Classification of the Pitṛs) and the Śrāddha–Soma Nourishment Cycle
Devanagari script
बहून्वर्षगणान्गर्भं धारयामास वै द्विज / स गङ्गामभिगम्याह श्रूयतां सरिदुत्तमे
Transliteration
bahūnvarṣagaṇāngarbhaṃ dhārayāmāsa vai dvija / sa gaṅgāmabhigamyāha śrūyatāṃ sariduttame
Translation
اے دِوِج! اُس نے بہت سے برسوں تک اُس گَربھ کو اٹھائے رکھا۔ پھر گنگا کے پاس جا کر کہا— “اے سب ندیوں میں برتر! سنو۔”
Word by Word
bahūnmany
bahūn:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbahu (बहु प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agreeing with varṣagaṇān
varṣa-gaṇānfor many groups of years
varṣa-gaṇān:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (वर्ष) + gaṇa (गण) (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'groups of years'
garbhamthe embryo
garbham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgarbha (गर्भ प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dhārayāmāsabore/held
dhārayāmāsa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dhṛ (धृ धातु) + causative (णिच्) + perfect/periphrastic perfect
FormPeriphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद/परिप्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); causative stem dhāraya-
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात-अव्यय)
dvijaO twice-born (sage)
dvija:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुं), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
gaṅgāmto Gaṅgā
gaṅgām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (गङ्गा प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्री), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
abhigamyahaving approached
abhigamya:
Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi + √gam (गम् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): -ya form, indeclinable verbal (अव्ययभाव)
āhasaid
āha:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (अह्/ब्रू धात्वर्थे)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु)
FormImperative passive (लोट्, कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
sarit-uttameO best of rivers
sarit-uttame:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsarit (सरित्) + uttama (उत्तम)
FormFeminine (स्त्री), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'best of rivers'