Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 2

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

तद्वै भ्रातृशतं तस्य धार्मिकस्य महात्मनः / निबध्यमानं नाराचैर्विदिशः प्राद्रवद्भयात्

Transliteration

tadvai bhrātṛśataṃ tasya dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ / nibadhyamānaṃ nārācairvidiśaḥ prādravadbhayāt

Translation

那位持法的大士有百位兄弟，正被那罗遮箭矢所贯穿束缚，因恐惧而奔逃向毗底舍（Vidiśā）。

Word by Word

• tat: then/that
• tat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; deictic ‘that’ (here adverbial ‘then/that’)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (वै)

• bhrātṛ-śatam: the hundred brothers
• bhrātṛ-śatam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘a hundred brothers’ as a collective

• tasya: of him/of that one
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• dhārmikasya: righteous
• dhārmikasya: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular; qualifies mahātmanaḥ

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• nibadhyamānam: being bound/being attacked
• nibadhyamānam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni + √bandh (धातु)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; present passive participle (शानच्/मान) ‘being bound/being struck down’; agrees with bhrātṛśatam

• nārācaiḥ: with iron arrows
• nārācaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• vidiśaḥ: from Vidiśā
• vidiśaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidiś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; place-name

• prādravat: fled/ran away
• prādravat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √dru (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular

• bhayāt: out of fear
• bhayāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular; cause