Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 11

Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent

Devanagari script

किमर्थं दिव्यमात्मानं मानुष्ये समवेशयत् / यश्चक्रं वर्त्तयत्येको मनुष्याणां मनोमयम्

Transliteration

kimarthaṃ divyamātmānaṃ mānuṣye samaveśayat / yaścakraṃ varttayatyeko manuṣyāṇāṃ manomayam

Translation

Vì sao Ngài đặt bản ngã thiêng liêng của mình vào thân phận con người? Chính một mình Ngài vận hành bánh xe tâm ý của loài người.

Word by Word

• kimartham: why, for what purpose
• kimartham: Praśna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण); interrogative: 'for what purpose/why'

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana; agrees with ātmānam

• ātmānam: self
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana

• mānuṣye: in humanity/in human state
• mānuṣye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/locative), Ekavacana

• samaveśayat: placed/caused to enter
• samaveśayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√viś (धातु) (causative)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist/preterite), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; causative sense (णिच्): 'caused to enter/placed'

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (relative pronoun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• cakram: wheel, discus
• cakram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana

• varttayati: causes to turn, wields
• varttayati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु) (causative vartayati)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Parasmaipada; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; causative (णिच्)

• ekaḥ: alone, single
• ekaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; qualifies the subject (yaḥ)

• manuṣyāṇām: of humans
• manuṣyāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/genitive), Bahuvacana

• mano-mayam: made of mind, mental
• mano-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: manasaḥ mayam (made of mind)