Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं मनो हृदि निरुध्य च / चिन्तयामास देवेशं ध्यानदृष्ट्या जगद्गुरुम्
Transliteration
sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ mano hṛdi nirudhya ca / cintayāmāsa deveśaṃ dhyānadṛṣṭyā jagadgurum
Translation
Having firmly restrained the host of senses and held the mind within the heart, he contemplated, with meditative vision, the Lord of the gods—the Guru of the world.
Word by Word
sanniyamyahaving restrained
sanniyamya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ni-√yam (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from sam+ni+√yam (संनियम्) ‘to restrain completely’
indriya-grāmamthe group of senses
indriya-grāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘indriyāṇāṃ grāmaḥ’ (collection of senses)
manaḥthe mind
manaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (form manaḥ)
hṛdiin the heart
hṛdi:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
nirudhyahaving confined
nirudhya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootnir-√rudh (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from nir+√rudh (निरुध्) ‘to confine, restrain’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
cintayāmāsahe contemplated
cintayāmāsa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcint (धातु)
FormPeriphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; from √cint (चिन्त्) ‘to think/meditate’
deveśamthe Lord of gods
deveśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘devānām īśaḥ’ (lord of gods)
dhyāna-dṛṣṭyāwith meditative vision
dhyāna-dṛṣṭyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘dhyānasya dṛṣṭiḥ’ (vision of meditation)
jagad-gurumthe world-teacher
jagad-gurum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘jagataḥ guruḥ’ (teacher of the world)