Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 38
गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनम्
Description of Gandharva Mūrchanā Characteristics
Devanagari script
पादेनैकेनमायात्रा पादोनामतिवारिमः / संख्यापनोपहूतांवैतत्रपानमिति स्मृतम्
Transliteration
pādenaikenamāyātrā pādonāmativārimaḥ / saṃkhyāpanopahūtāṃvaitatrapānamiti smṛtam
Translation
With one pāda it is called “Māyātrā,” and there is also the “Pāda” of overflowing abundance; what is invoked by numerical reckoning is there remembered as “pāna,” the sacred draught.
Word by Word
pādenaby a quarter/foot
pādena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular (3rd/तृतीया)
ekenaby one
ekena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; agrees with pādena
māyātrāMāyātrā (term/measure)
māyātrā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Nominative, Singular; meaning uncertain (possibly a measure/name)
pādaḥa quarter/foot
pādaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nāmacalled, namely
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormNipāta used for naming/definition (नाम-निपात)
ativārimaḥexceedingly watery/abundant (uncertain)
ativārimaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vārima (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; form/meaning uncertain; treated as adjective of pādaḥ
saṃkhyāpana-upahūtām(that) invoked by enumeration
saṃkhyāpana-upahūtām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyāpana (प्रातिपदिक) + upahūta (कृदन्त, क्त; √hū with upa)
FormStrīliṅga, Accusative, Singular; compound: ‘saṃkhyāpanena upahūtā’ (invoked/obtained by counting)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
tatrathere, in that context
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
pānamdrinking; drink
pānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle
smṛtamis remembered/held to be
smṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormPast passive participle used predicatively; Napumsaka Nominative Singular; ‘it is remembered/considered’