Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 27
भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
Devanagari script
शृणु यैर्भवतो युद्धे साह्यकार्यमतन्द्रितैः / आद्यो मदनको नाम दीर्घजिह्वो द्वितीयकः
Transliteration
śṛṇu yairbhavato yuddhe sāhyakāryamatandritaiḥ / ādyo madanako nāma dīrghajihvo dvitīyakaḥ
Translation
اسمعْ مَن سيقومون بمعونتك في الحرب دون فتور: الأوّل اسمه «مَدَنَكَ»؛ والثاني «ديرغهَجِهْوَ» أي «طويلُ اللسان».
Word by Word
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormLoṭ-lakāra (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; ‘listen’
yaiḥby whom
yaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; relative pronoun ‘by whom/with whom’
bhavataḥof you
bhavataḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of you’
yuddhein battle
yuddhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in battle’
sāhya-kāryamthe assistance to be done
sāhya-kāryam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsāhya (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; tatpuruṣa ‘help-to-be-done / assistance-task’ (object of śṛṇu: ‘hear about the help to be rendered’)
atandritaiḥby the untiring ones
atandritaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootatandra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; ‘by the untiring/alert (ones)’ qualifying yaiḥ
ādyaḥthe first
ādyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘the first’
madanakaḥMadanaka
madanakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmadanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name
nāmaby name
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) used to indicate naming ‘by name’
dīrgha-jihvaḥLong-tongued (Dīrghajihva)
dīrgha-jihvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdīrgha (प्रातिपदिक) + jihvā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; bahuvrīhi ‘one whose tongue is long’ (epithet/name)
dvitīyakaḥthe second
dvitīyakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīyaka (प्रातिपदik)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘the second’