Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 27
The City Equal to Amarāvatī: Creation of Households, Women, and Civic Splendor
Arjunopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
कालेयपङ्कसुरभीकृतनन्दनोत्थशुभ्रप्रसूननिकरैरलिवृन्दगीतैः / तत्रत्यपौरवनिताञ्जनरत्नसारमुक्ताभिरप्यनुपदं प्रविकीर्यमामः
Transliteration
kāleyapaṅkasurabhīkṛtanandanotthaśubhraprasūnanikarairalivṛndagītaiḥ / tatratyapauravanitāñjanaratnasāramuktābhirapyanupadaṃ pravikīryamāmaḥ
Translation
নন্দন উদ্যানৰ পৰা অনা শুভ্ৰ ফুলৰ গুচ্ছ কালেয় চন্দনৰ লেপে সুগন্ধিত হৈছিল আৰু ভ্ৰমৰবৃন্দৰ গীত গুঞ্জৰি উঠিছিল। তাতৰ নগৰ-নাৰীয়ে অঞ্জন, ৰত্নচূৰ্ণ আৰু মুক্তাও পদে পদে ছটিয়াই গৈছিল।
Word by Word
kāleya-paṅka-surabhī-kṛta-nandana-uttha-śubhra-prasūna-nikaraiḥwith heaps of white Nandana-flowers made fragrant by kāleya-mud
kāleya-paṅka-surabhī-kṛta-nandana-uttha-śubhra-prasūna-nikaraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkāleya (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅka (प्रातिपदिक) + surabhī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + śubhra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasūna (प्रातिपदिक) + nikara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; long determinative compound: 'heaps of white flowers arisen from Nandana (garden), made fragrant by kāleya-mud'
ali-vṛnda-gītaiḥwith songs/humming of swarms of bees
ali-vṛnda-gītaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootali (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛnda (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसक/puṃ? Instrumental plural: Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; (ali-vṛndasya gītaiḥ)
tatratya-paura-vanitā-añjana-ratna-sāra-muktābhiḥwith collyrium, jewel-essence, and pearls of the local city women
tatratya-paura-vanitā-añjana-ratna-sāra-muktābhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottatratya (प्रातिपदिक) + paura (प्रातिपदिक) + vanitā (प्रातिपदिक) + añjana (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक) + muktā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; (tatratyāḥ pauravanitāḥ; their añjana/ratna-sāra-muktā = collyrium, jewel-essence, pearls)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), additive
anupadamat every step, repeatedly
anupadam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanupadam (अव्यय)
FormKriyāviśeṣaṇa (adverb), 'step by step/continually'
pravikīryamāmaḥwe scatter, we strew forth
pravikīryamāmaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṝ (कॄ/किर् धातु, to scatter)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), Uttama puruṣa (1st), Bahuvacana; Ātmanepada; passive-like present (vyākaraṇa: karmavācya/ātmanepada usage)