Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 8
मदनकामेश्वरप्रादुर्भावः
Manifestation of Madana-Kāmeśvara
Devanagari script
त्वमेवानादिरखिला कार्यकारणरूपिणी / त्वामेव हि विचिन्वन्ति योगिनः सनकादयः
Transliteration
tvamevānādirakhilā kāryakāraṇarūpiṇī / tvāmeva hi vicinvanti yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ
Translation
You alone are beginningless and all-encompassing, taking the form of cause and effect. It is you whom the yogins—Sanaka and the rest—ceaselessly seek.
Word by Word
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā (1st), Ekavacana
evaindeed/alone
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta
anādiḥbeginningless
anādiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; used predicatively (agreeing by sense with addressed deity)
akhilāall/entire
akhilā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
kāryakāraṇarūpiṇīhaving the form of cause and effect
kāryakāraṇarūpiṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkārya + kāraṇa + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ‘having the form of effect and cause’ (kārya-kāraṇa as itaretara-dvandva within)
tvāmyou (as object)
tvām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
vicinvantiseek/investigate
vicinvanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootci (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada; with prefix vi-; desiderative nuance ‘seek/investigate’ by usage
yoginaḥyogis
yoginaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyogin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana
sanakādayaḥSanaka and others
sanakādayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to yoginaḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootsanaka + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; ‘Sanaka and others’ (ādi = etc.)