Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 37

मदनकामेश्वरप्रादुर्भावः

Manifestation of Madana-Kāmeśvara

Devanagari script

चिन्तामणिः कल्पवृक्षः कमला कामधेनवः / प्रतिवेश्म ततस्तस्थुः पुरो देव्याजयाय ते

Transliteration

cintāmaṇiḥ kalpavṛkṣaḥ kamalā kāmadhenavaḥ / prativeśma tatastasthuḥ puro devyājayāya te

Translation

Then Cintāmaṇi, the wish-fulfilling Kalpavṛkṣa, Kamalā, and the Kāmadhenus stood before every house, to proclaim the Goddess’s victory.

Word by Word

• cintāmaṇiḥ: Cintāmaṇi gem
• cintāmaṇiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintā + maṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष sense: ‘wish/thought’ + ‘gem’ (mythic gem)

• kalpavṛkṣaḥ: wish-fulfilling tree
• kalpavṛkṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa + vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); determinative compound

• kamalā: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• kamalā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kamalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kāmadhenuvaḥ: wish-fulfilling cows
• kāmadhenuvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma + dhenu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); determinative compound

• prati-veśma: at each house
• prati-veśma: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + veśman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव compound functioning adverbially: ‘to/at each house’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa (काल/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (ततः), ‘then/from there’

• tasthuḥ: stood, were stationed
• tasthuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• puraḥ: in front
• puraḥ: Deśa (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puraḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (स्थानवाचक-अव्यय)

• devyāḥ: of the Goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ajayāya: for Ajayā (name/epithet)
• ajayāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ajayā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); purpose/beneficiary

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun referring to the listed entities