Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 50
Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration
Lalitopākhyāna
Devanagari script
तदा पञ्चमुखो ब्रह्मा सितो नारायणस्तयोः / उभयोरपि संवादस्त्वहं ब्रह्मेत्यजायत
Transliteration
tadā pañcamukho brahmā sito nārāyaṇastayoḥ / ubhayorapi saṃvādastvahaṃ brahmetyajāyata
Translation
Then five-faced Brahmā and radiant, white-hued Nārāyaṇa stood before each other; and in the discourse of the two arose the claim, “I am Brahmā.”
Word by Word
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
pañca-mukhaḥfive-faced
pañca-mukhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
sitaḥwhite (in complexion)
sitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
nārāyaṇaḥNārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)
nārāyaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tayoḥof the two (of them)
tayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन
ubhayayoḥof both
ubhayayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootubhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; ‘both’ (dual)
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव
saṃvādaḥconversation/dispute
saṃvādaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (adversative particle)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)
ajāyataarose/occurred
ajāyata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद