Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 83

Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger

Dialogue Frame

Devanagari script

हत्वा तु सकलान्दैत्यान्देवान्सर्वानहर्षयत् / क्षणेन नाशयामास रामः प्रहरतां वरः

Transliteration

hatvā tu sakalāndaityāndevānsarvānaharṣayat / kṣaṇena nāśayāmāsa rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

他诛尽一切提耶陀，使诸天皆大欢喜。罗摩乃出手无双者，于顷刻之间便将他们尽数毁灭。

Word by Word

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrva-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), expressing prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies daityān

• daityān: daityas
• daityān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies devān

• aharṣayat: gladdened/delighted
• aharṣayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist) causative sense (णिच् implied), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial instrument 'in a moment'

• nāśayāmāsa: destroyed/caused to perish
• nāśayāmāsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) + Liṭ (लिट्, periphrastic perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Singular

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• praharatām: of the strikers/warriors
• praharatām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praharat (कृदन्त; √hṛ/har? here √hṛ 'to strike' as प्र-√हृ/प्रहर् in usage)
• Form: Present active participle used substantively (शतृ-प्रत्यय), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate/apposition to rāmaḥ