Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 85
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
तामसी चान्तकृद्या तु तदंशो विष्णुरुच्यते
Transliteration
tāmasī cāntakṛdyā tu tadaṃśo viṣṇurucyate
Translation
至于那具属“昏暗”(塔摩斯)、能致终结之身，其分身被称为毗湿奴。
Word by Word
tāmasītāmasa (of darkness)
tāmasī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottāmasī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; quality adjective (तमोगुणसम्बन्धिनी)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
antakṛtend-causing, death-dealing
antakṛt:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanta + kṛt (कृ धातु से कृत्)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana (as part of compound with yā); Tatpuruṣa: anta-kṛt = 'making an end, death-causing'
yāwhich
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
tubut/and
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
tad-aṃśaḥits portion/part
tad-aṃśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): tad-aṃśa = 'its portion'
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun
ucyateis said/is called
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग)