Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 81
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
अथ रामो महाबाहुस्तस्मिन्युद्धे सुदारुणे / कुद्धः परशुना तेन निजघान महासुरान्
Transliteration
atha rāmo mahābāhustasminyuddhe sudāruṇe / kuddhaḥ paraśunā tena nijaghāna mahāsurān
Translation
于是，在那极其惨烈的战场上，臂力无双的罗摩怒火炽盛，挥动那柄战斧斩杀诸大阿修罗。
Word by Word
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रसङ्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), discourse particle (निपात)
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mahā-bāhuḥmighty-armed
mahā-bāhuḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); epithet of rāmaḥ
tasminin that
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
yuddhebattle
yuddhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
su-dāruṇevery dreadful
su-dāruṇe:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with yuddhe
kuddhaḥangered
kuddhaḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkuddha (कृदन्त; √kudh/krudh, क्रुध्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate of rāmaḥ
paraśunāwith an axe
paraśunā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootparaśu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tenawith that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); refers to the axe or that (weapon)
nijaghānastruck down/killed
nijaghāna:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
mahā-asurāngreat asuras
mahā-asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)