Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 160
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
केचिन्नीलोत्पलश्यामाः केचित्कुमुदसन्निभाः / केचिद्वैडूर्यसंकाशा इन्द्रनीलनिभाः परे
Transliteration
kecinnīlotpalaśyāmāḥ kecitkumudasannibhāḥ / kecidvaiḍūryasaṃkāśā indranīlanibhāḥ pare
Translation
Some clouds are dark as the blue lotus, some are pale as the kumuda; some gleam like vaidurya gems, and others shine like indranila.
Word by Word
kecitsome (ones)
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkimcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); indefinite pronoun
nīla-utpala-śyāmāḥdark like blue lotuses
nīla-utpala-śyāmāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootnīla (प्रातिपदिक) + utpala (प्रातिपदिक) + śyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘dark like a blue lotus’
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkimcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
kumuda-sannibhāḥresembling kumuda lilies
kumuda-sannibhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkumuda (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘resembling kumuda (white water-lily)’
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkimcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiḍūrya-saṃkāśāḥberyl-like in appearance
vaiḍūrya-saṃkāśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaiḍūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘having the appearance of beryl/cat’s-eye gem’
indranīla-nibhāḥsapphire-like
indranīla-nibhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootindranīla (प्रातिपदिक) + nibha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘resembling sapphire (indranīla)’
pareothers
pare:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively ‘others’