Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 19
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
तत उन्मील्य नयने शीघ्रमुत्थाय भार्गवः / ददर्श देवं तेनैव वपुषा पुरतः स्थितम्
Transliteration
tata unmīlya nayane śīghramutthāya bhārgavaḥ / dadarśa devaṃ tenaiva vapuṣā purataḥ sthitam
Translation
Then Bhārgava opened his eyes, rose swiftly, and beheld the Deity standing before him in that very same form.
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Desha-kala-adhikarana (देश-काल-अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
unmīlyahaving opened
unmīlya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√mīl (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from ud+√mīl (उन्मील्) ‘to open (eyes)’
nayane(his) two eyes
nayane:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnayana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
śīghramquickly
śīghram:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootśīghram (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
utthāyahaving risen
utthāya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√sthā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from ud+√sthā (उत्था) ‘to rise up’
bhārgavaḥBhārgava (the Bhṛgu-descendant)
bhārgavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; patronymic ‘descendant of Bhṛgu’
dadarśasaw
dadarśa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; from √dṛś (दृश्) ‘to see’
devamthe god
devam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
tenawith that
tena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
evaindeed, just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
vapuṣāwith (that) body/form
vapuṣā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvapus (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
purataḥin front
purataḥ:
Desha-kala-adhikarana (देश-काल-अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpuratas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
sthitamstanding
sthitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Root√sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agreeing with devam