Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 171

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

क्रोधायाः कन्यका जज्ञे द्वादशैवात्मसंभवाः / ता भार्या पुलहस्यासन्नामतो मे निबोधत

Transliteration

krodhāyāḥ kanyakā jajñe dvādaśaivātmasaṃbhavāḥ / tā bhāryā pulahasyāsannāmato me nibodhata

Translation

忿怒女神克罗陀（Krodhā）自体生出十二位少女；她们成为普罗诃（Pulaha）之妻——其名当由我告汝。

Word by Word

• krodhāyāḥ: of Krodhā
• krodhāyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• kanyakā: a daughter
• kanyakā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• jajñe: was born
• jajñe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; intransitive 'was born'

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective qualifying 'bhāryāḥ' (understood)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of emphasis (निपात)

• ātma-sambhavāḥ: self-born; born of (her) own body
• ātma-sambhavāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (born from oneself/one's own issue)

• tāḥ: those (them)
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• bhāryāḥ: wives
• bhāryāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• pulahasya: of Pulaha
• pulahasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• āsan: were
• āsan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• nāmataḥ: by name
• nāmataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāmatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकार/विषय-निर्देशक) meaning 'by name/with respect to names'

• me: my
• me: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• nibodhata: know/learn (you all)
• nibodhata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: budh (धातु) with ni- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Ātmanepada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural