Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 49
Daṇḍanāthāviniryāṇa
The Departure/March of Daṇḍanāthā
Devanagari script
कालीकटाक्षवत्तीक्ष्णो नृत्यद्भुजगभीषणः / उल्लसन्दक्षिणे पाणौ विललास शिलीमुखः
Transliteration
kālīkaṭākṣavattīkṣṇo nṛtyadbhujagabhīṣaṇaḥ / ullasandakṣiṇe pāṇau vilalāsa śilīmukhaḥ
Translation
That arrow—keen as Kālī’s sidelong glance, dreadful as a dancing serpent—shone forth in the right hand, radiant in its splendor.
Word by Word
kālī-kaṭākṣa-vathaving a Kālī-like glance
kālī-kaṭākṣa-vat:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkālī (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṭākṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjectival)
tīkṣṇaḥsharp
tīkṣṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
nṛtyat-bhujaga-bhīṣaṇaḥterrifying with dancing serpents
nṛtyat-bhujaga-bhīṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnṛtyat (कृदन्त; nṛt धातु, शतृ) + bhujaga (प्रातिपदिक) + bhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः
ullasan-dakṣiṇein the shining right (hand)
ullasan-dakṣiṇe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootullasat (कृदन्त; las धातु, शतृ) + dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); (pāṇau) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
pāṇauin (his) hand
pāṇau:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
vilalāsashone/played about
vilalāsa:
Kriya (क्रिया/Finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootlas (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद (active)
śilīmukhaḥan arrow
śilīmukhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśilīmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)