Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 66

Gaṇanātha-Parākrama (Episode of Gaṇeśa’s Martial Exploit) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation

Devanagari script

यथा सा मदिरासिंधुवृष्टिर्दैत्येषु नो पतेत् / तथा सैन्यस्य परितो महाप्राकारमण्डलम्

Transliteration

yathā sā madirāsiṃdhuvṛṣṭirdaityeṣu no patet / tathā sainyasya parito mahāprākāramaṇḍalam

Translation

So that the rain from that ocean of liquor might not fall upon the Daityas, a vast ring of mighty ramparts was formed around the army.

Word by Word

• yathā: so that/as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/adverb (यथार्थक-अव्यय) introducing comparison

• sā: that (she/that)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• madirā-sindhu-vṛṣṭiḥ: the rain of the liquor-ocean
• madirā-sindhu-vṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madirā + sindhu + vṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• daityeṣu: upon the Daityas
• daityeṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• naḥ: not
• naḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• patet: should fall
• patet: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (पत्) (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तथार्थक-अव्यय)

• sainyasya: of the army
• sainyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sainya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• paritaḥ: around
• paritaḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/postposition (उपपद-अव्यय): 'around'

• mahā-prākāra-maṇḍalam: a great circular rampart/enclosure
• mahā-prākāra-maṇḍalam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + prākāra + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); understood as object/thing to be made/arranged