Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 22

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Devanagari script

दश तानि सहस्राणिसैंहिकेया गणाः स्मृताः / निहता जामदग्न्येन भार्गवेण बलीयसा

Transliteration

daśa tāni sahasrāṇisaiṃhikeyā gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / nihatā jāmadagnyena bhārgaveṇa balīyasā

Translation

Mười nghìn đoàn Saiṃhikeyā ấy được ghi nhớ trong smṛti; họ bị Bhārgava Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) hùng mạnh tiêu diệt.

Word by Word

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective (संख्याविशेषण), indeclinable-like usage (अव्ययवत्), qualifying 'tāni'

• tāni: those
• tāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); apposition to 'tāni'

• saiṃhikeyāḥ: the Saiṃhikeyas (descendants of Siṃhikā)
• saiṃhikeyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saiṃhikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन)

• gaṇāḥ: groups, hosts
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन)

• smṛtāḥ: are said/remembered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) / Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); predicative with implied 'santi'

• nihatāḥ: slain
• nihatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) / Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) + ni + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त, क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); agrees with 'gaṇāḥ'

• jāmadagnyena: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) singular (एकवचन)

• bhārgaveṇa: by the Bhārgava
• bhārgaveṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) singular (एकवचन); apposition to 'jāmadagnyena'

• balīyasā: by the stronger (one)
• balīyasā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balīyas (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of balin)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) singular (एकवचन); comparative (तुलनात्मक) qualifying the agent