Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 21
भण्डपुत्रशोकः (Bhaṇḍa’s Lament for His Sons) — Lalitopākhyāna Episode
Devanagari script
किं चूषयामः सप्ताब्धीन्क्षोदयामो ऽथ वा गिरीन् / अधरोत्तरमेवैतत्त्रैलोक्यं करवाम वा
Transliteration
kiṃ cūṣayāmaḥ saptābdhīnkṣodayāmo 'tha vā girīn / adharottaramevaitattrailokyaṃ karavāma vā
Translation
क्या हम सात समुद्रों को चूस डालें, या पर्वतों को पीस दें? अथवा इस त्रैलोक्य को ही उलट-पलट कर दें?
Word by Word
kimwhy/what (need)
kim:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya-like interrogative (प्रश्नार्थक), used adverbially ‘why?/what (need)?’
cūṣayāmaḥshall we suck up/drain
cūṣayāmaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√cūṣ (चूष् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 1st person, Plural, Parasmaipada
sapta-abdhīnthe seven oceans
sapta-abdhīn:
Karma (कर्म/Object) of cūṣayāmaḥ
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + abdhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural; द्विगु-समास—‘सप्त अब्धयः’ (seven oceans)
kṣodayāmaḥshall we pulverize
kṣodayāmaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣud (क्षुद् धातु; causative)
FormPresent (लट्), 1st person, Plural, Parasmaipada; causative (णिच्) ‘make crumble/pulverize’
athaor else/then
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), alternative/sequence marker (अथ)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), disjunctive particle (विकल्प)
girīnmountains
girīn:
Karma (कर्म/Object) of kṣodayāmaḥ (implied)
TypeNoun
Rootgiri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
adhara-uttaramupside down (lower and upper reversed)
adhara-uttaram:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhara (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; द्वन्द्व—‘अधरं च उत्तरं च’; used adverbially ‘upside down’
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), emphasis particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/Object) of karavāma
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
trailokyamthe three worlds
trailokyam:
Karma (कर्म/Object) in apposition to etat
TypeNoun
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; द्विगु—‘त्रयः लोकाः’
karavāmashould we do/make
karavāma:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 1st person, Plural, Parasmaipada
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), disjunctive particle (विकल्प)