Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 62
Amṛta-Manthana and Lalitā’s Mohinī Intervention
Amṛtamanthana-Prasaṅga
Devanagari script
स्तनकुड्मलहिन्दोलमुक्तादामशतावृता / अतिपीवरवक्षोजभारभङ्गुरमध्यभूः
Transliteration
stanakuḍmalahindolamuktādāmaśatāvṛtā / atipīvaravakṣojabhārabhaṅguramadhyabhūḥ
Translation
She is veiled in hundreds of pearl garlands, swaying like a swing about the budding breasts; and beneath the weight of her exceedingly full bosom, her waist appears tenderly fragile.
Word by Word
stana-kuḍmala-hindola-muktā-dāma-śata-āvṛtācovered/adorned with hundreds of pearl garlands over bud-like swaying breasts
stana-kuḍmala-hindola-muktā-dāma-śata-āvṛtā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootstana (प्रातिपदिक) + kuḍmala (प्रातिपदिक) + hindola (प्रातिपदिक) + muktā (प्रातिपदिक) + dāma (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + āvṛtā (कृदन्त; √vṛ (धातु) with ā-, past participle ‘covered/surrounded’)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘स्तन-कुड्मल-हिन्दोल’ (breasts like swaying buds) + ‘मुक्ता-दाम-शत’ (hundreds of pearl-garlands) तैः ‘आवृता’ (covered/adorned)
ati-pīvara-vakṣoja-bhāra-bhaṅgura-madhya-bhūḥshe whose waist is slender from the weight of very full breasts
ati-pīvara-vakṣoja-bhāra-bhaṅgura-madhya-bhūḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (अव्यय) + pīvara (प्रातिपदिक) + vakṣoja (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaṅgura (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūḥ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative 1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहिः: ‘अति-पीवर-वक्षोज-भारात् भङ्गुरः मध्यः यस्याः सा’ (whose waist is slender/bending due to the heavy, very full breasts)