Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 60
Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
Devanagari script
चतुर्भिरद्भुतैः सिद्धैः कामरूपैर्मनोजवैः / अनुयातमथोत्प्लुत्य स्त्रीपुंसौ हरिणौ तदा / अगस्त्यचरणौ नत्वा समारुरुहतुर्मुदा
Transliteration
caturbhiradbhutaiḥ siddhaiḥ kāmarūpairmanojavaiḥ / anuyātamathotplutya strīpuṃsau hariṇau tadā / agastyacaraṇau natvā samāruruhaturmudā
Translation
Four wondrous siddhas—able to assume forms at will and swift as thought—accompanied them. Then the doe and the stag leapt up, bowed at Agastya’s feet, and joyfully mounted (the vimāna).
Word by Word
caturbhiḥby/with four
caturbhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3 विभक्ति), Plural; saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa
adbhutaiḥwonderful
adbhutaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural; viśeṣaṇa of siddhaiḥ
siddhaiḥwith the Siddhas (perfected beings)
siddhaiḥ:
Sahakārī/Saha (सह/सहकारि)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
kāma-rūpaiḥable to assume forms at will
kāma-rūpaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural; tatpuruṣa ‘having forms at will’ (कामेन रूपं येषाम्) used adjectivally
mano-javaiḥmind-swift
mano-javaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक) + java (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural; tatpuruṣa ‘swift as mind’ (मनसः जवः)
anu-yātamwas followed
anu-yātam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (या धातु) with anu- (उपसर्ग)
FormKta-pratyaya (क्त), past passive participle; Napumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used impersonally ‘was followed’ / or as predicate to implied subject
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAnantaram/ārambha-avyaya (अनन्तर/आरम्भार्थ)
utplutyahaving leapt up
utplutya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√plu (प्लु धातु) with ut- (उपसर्ग)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (क्त्वा), absolutive; ‘having leapt up’
strī-puṃsauthe woman and the man
strī-puṃsau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃs (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual; itaretara-dvandva (स्त्री च पुमान् च)
hariṇautwo deer
hariṇau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothariṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual; apposition to strīpuṃsau
tadāat that time
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormKāla-avyaya (कालवाचक)
agastya-caraṇauAgastya’s feet
agastya-caraṇau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootagastya (प्रातिपदिक) + caraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘Agastya’s feet’
natvāhaving bowed
natvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nam (नम् धातु)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (क्त्वा), absolutive; ‘having bowed’
sam-ā-ruhatūḥthey mounted / ascended
sam-ā-ruhatūḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ruh (रुह् धातु) with sam-ā- (उपसर्ग)
FormLuṅ-lakāra (लुङ्, aorist), Prathama-puruṣa, Dual; parasmaipada
mudāwith joy
mudā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (हेतु/प्रकार)
TypeNoun
Rootmud (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3), Singular; bhāva-instrumental (manner)