Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 32
Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
Devanagari script
वृन्दावनान्तसंचारी तुलसीदामभूषणः / स्यमन्तकमणेर्हर्त्ता नरनारायणात्मकः
Transliteration
vṛndāvanāntasaṃcārī tulasīdāmabhūṣaṇaḥ / syamantakamaṇerharttā naranārāyaṇātmakaḥ
Translation
Wandering within Vṛndāvana, adorned with a garland of tulasī; the taker of the Syamantaka jewel, whose very essence is Nara-Nārāyaṇa.
Word by Word
vṛndāvana-anta-saṃcārīroamer in the groves of Vṛndāvana
vṛndāvana-anta-saṃcārī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛndāvana (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcārin (प्रातिपदिक; saṃ-√car धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: ‘वृन्दावनान्ते संचारी’ (one who roams in the precincts of Vṛndāvana)
tulasī-dāma-bhūṣaṇaḥadorned with a tulasī garland
tulasī-dāma-bhūṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottulasī (प्रातिपदिक) + dāma (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; √bhūṣ धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: ‘तुलसीदाम्ना भूषणः/भूषितः’ (adorned with a tulasī garland)
syamantaka-maṇeḥof the Syamantaka jewel
syamantaka-maṇeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootsyamantaka (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-सम्बन्धः: ‘स्यमन्तक-मणेः’ (of the Syamantaka jewel)
hartāstealer; taker away
hartā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roothartṛ (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛ धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun)
nara-nārāyaṇa-ātmakaḥembodying Nara and Nārāyaṇa
nara-nārāyaṇa-ātmakaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; तत्पुरुषः: ‘नरनारायण-स्वरूपः/आत्मकः’ (having the nature of Nara and Nārāyaṇa)