Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 23
Pushkarākṣa’s Battle with Rāma Jāmadagnya (Bhārgava) — Astras and the Fall of a Prince
Devanagari script
कार्त्तवीर्यस्तु बलवान्रामं दृष्ट्वा रणाजिरे / कालान्तकयमप्रख्यं योद्धुं समुपचक्रमे
Transliteration
kārttavīryastu balavānrāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā raṇājire / kālāntakayamaprakhyaṃ yoddhuṃ samupacakrame
Translation
قوی کار्त्तवीریہ نے میدانِ جنگ میں رام کو دیکھ کر—جو کالانتک یم کی مانند دکھائی دیتا تھا—اس سے لڑنے کا آغاز کیا۔
Word by Word
kārttavīryaḥKārttavīrya
kārttavīryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkārttavīrya (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) expressing contrast/emphasis
balavānpowerful
balavān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of kārttavīryaḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootbalavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
rāmamRāma
rāmam:
Karma (कर्म) of dṛṣṭvā
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा) ‘having seen’
raṇa-ājirein the battlefield
raṇa-ājire:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ājira (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘in the battlefield/courtyard of battle’
kāla-antaka-yama-prakhyamresembling Kāla, Antaka, and Yama
kāla-antaka-yama-prakhyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of rāmam (Karma/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक) + antaka (प्रातिपदिक) + yama (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—(काला च अन्तकश्च यमश्च) इति द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपदसमाहारः + prakhya ‘like/resembling’; qualifies rāmam
yoddhumto fight
yoddhum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन) / purpose
TypeVerb
Root√yudh (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्) ‘to fight’
sam-upacakrameset about/began
sam-upacakrame:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-upa-√kram (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)