Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 50
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
ओषधिप्रवराः सर्वाः क्षिपत क्षीरसागरे / असुरैरपि संधाय सममेव च तैरिह
Transliteration
oṣadhipravarāḥ sarvāḥ kṣipata kṣīrasāgare / asurairapi saṃdhāya samameva ca tairiha
Translation
Oh dioses, arrojad todas las hierbas medicinales excelsas al Océano de Leche; aquí, aun pactando con los asuras, realizad esta obra junto a ellos en igualdad.
Word by Word
oṣadhi-pravarāḥthe best of the herbs
oṣadhi-pravarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootoṣadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘oṣadhīnām pravarāḥ’
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
kṣipatathrow/cast (you all)
kṣipata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṣip (धातु)
FormLoṭ-lakāra (लोट्/Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada
kṣīra-sāgarein the ocean of milk
kṣīra-sāgare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘kṣīrasya sāgaraḥ’
asuraiḥwith the asuras
asuraiḥ:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक/ सह)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (निपात), additive/emphatic particle
saṃdhāyahaving joined/combined
saṃdhāya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√dhā (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having joined/arranged’; upasarga: sam-
samamequally/together
samam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva-prayoga (अव्ययवत्), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormNipāta, avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय) conjunction
taiḥwith them
taiḥ:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma (सर्वनाम)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormDeśa-avyaya (देश-अव्यय), adverb