Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 17
Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
Devanagari script
अहं कर्त्ता हि लोकानां संहर्ता च पुनः पुनः / एवं संभाषमाणौ तु परस्परजयैषिणौ
Transliteration
ahaṃ karttā hi lokānāṃ saṃhartā ca punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇau tu parasparajayaiṣiṇau
Translation
“I am indeed the maker of the worlds, and again and again their destroyer as well.” Thus the two conversed, each seeking victory over the other.
Word by Word
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana
kartācreator
kartā:
Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: tṛc (agent noun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (emphasis/indeed)
lokānāmof the worlds
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana
saṃhartādestroyer, reabsorber
saṃhartā:
Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃ-hṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: tṛc (agent noun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; from √hṛ with prefix saṃ- (to withdraw/destroy)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla/Prakāra (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
punaḥagain and again
punaḥ:
Kāla/Prakāra (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (repetition for emphasis)
evamthus
evam:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
saṃbhāṣamāṇauthe two conversing
saṃbhāṣamāṇau:
Karta (कर्ता) (dual subject)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-bhāṣ (धातु)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta (Present middle participle/शानच्), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Dvivacana (Dual); ātmanepada sense ‘conversing’
tubut, indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (contrast/emphasis)
paraspara-jaya-aiṣiṇauseeking to conquer one another
paraspara-jaya-aiṣiṇau:
Viśeṣaṇa of karta (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparaspara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + eṣiṇ (प्रातिपदिक; from √iṣ ‘to seek’ with in)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Dvivacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (parasparasya jayaṃ eṣiṇau = seeking each other’s victory/defeat) used adjectivally