Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 10

विषङ्गपलायनम् (Viṣaṅga-palāyanam) — Aftermath of the First Battle Day

Devanagari script

क्रमेण नव पर्वाणि व्यतीत्य त्वरितक्रमैः / तत्तत्सर्वगतैः शक्तिचक्रैः सम्यङ् निवेदितैः

Transliteration

krameṇa nava parvāṇi vyatītya tvaritakramaiḥ / tattatsarvagataiḥ śakticakraiḥ samyaṅ niveditaiḥ

Translation

In due order, yet with swift progression, they passed beyond the nine stages; and the all-pervading wheels of Śakti in each sphere were rightly set forth.

Word by Word

• krameṇa: in sequence
• krameṇa: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial use ‘in order/stepwise’

• nava: nine
• nava: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral adjective; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with parvāṇi

• parvāṇi: stages/sections
• parvāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vyatītya: having passed
• vyatītya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ati-i (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), from √i ‘to go’ with prefixes vi+ati; ‘having passed/crossed’

• tvarita-kramaiḥ: with swift steps
• tvarita-kramaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvarita + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya ‘swift-steps’; used adverbially ‘with swift steps’

• tat-tat: each respective
• tat-tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun used distributively; indeclinable-like repetition; qualifies sarvagataiḥ (‘each and every’)

• sarvagataiḥ: all-pervading
• sarvagataiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvagata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with śakticakraiḥ

• śakti-cakraiḥ: by the power-discs
• śakti-cakraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘power-wheels/discs of power’

• samyaṅ: properly
• samyaṅ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyañc (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘properly, duly’

• niveditaiḥ: having been duly reported/announced
• niveditaiḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (कर्मणि क्त), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘having been informed/announced’ (agreeing with śakticakraiḥ)