Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 23

Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation

Devanagari script

पुंसां तापत्रयार्त्तानामार्तिनाशाय केवलम् / स्वेच्छया ते धृतो देहो न तु त्वं तपतां वरः

Transliteration

puṃsāṃ tāpatrayārttānāmārtināśāya kevalam / svecchayā te dhṛto deho na tu tvaṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

Chỉ để diệt trừ nỗi khổ của loài người bị thiêu đốt bởi ba thứ thống khổ, ngài tự nguyện mang lấy thân này; hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng khổ hạnh, chính ngài không bị nung đốt.

Word by Word

• puṃsām: of men; of beings
• puṃsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• tāpa-traya-ārttānām: of those afflicted by the threefold suffering
• tāpa-traya-ārttānām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of puṃsām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: tāpa-traya (dvigu-like numeral compound 'three afflictions') + ārta (afflicted by) → 'those afflicted by the threefold suffering'

• ārti-nāśāya: for the destruction of distress
• ārti-nāśāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Purpose-Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārti (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī vibhakti (Dative, 4th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (आर्तेः नाशः)

• kevalam: only; merely
• kevalam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva usage as adverb (only, merely)

• sva-icchayā: by (your) own will
• sva-icchayā: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (स्वस्य इच्छा)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana

• dhṛtaḥ: borne; assumed
• dhṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Kta (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with dehaḥ

• dehaḥ: body
• dehaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Niṣedha-nipāta (negation particle)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa/virodha-nipāta (but, however)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tapatām: of ascetics; of those who practice austerity
• tapatām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Śatṛ (present active participle) used substantively; Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate nominative with tvam