Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 52
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
समस्तदानवाश्चापि वक्तव्याः सांत्वपूर्वकम् / सामान्यमेव युष्माकमस्माकं च फलं त्विति
Transliteration
samastadānavāścāpi vaktavyāḥ sāṃtvapūrvakam / sāmānyameva yuṣmākamasmākaṃ ca phalaṃ tviti
Translation
समस्त दानवों से भी सांत्वना देकर कहना चाहिए—‘इसका फल तुम्हारा और हमारा समान ही होगा।’
Word by Word
samasta-dānavāḥall the dānavas
samasta-dānavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsamasta (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya ‘samastāḥ dānavāḥ’
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)
apialso
api:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
vaktavyāḥshould be addressed/told
vaktavyāḥ:
Vidhi (विधि/obligation)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Gerundive/obligative (तव्यत्), Puṃliṅga Prathamā Bahuvacana; ‘to be spoken/addressed’
sāṃtva-pūrvakamwith conciliation first / in a conciliatory way
sāṃtva-pūrvakam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsāṃtva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially; manner adverb
sāmānyamcommon/shared
sāmānyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāmānya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective qualifying phalam
evaindeed/only
eva:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (अवधारण)
yuṣmākamof you (pl.)
yuṣmākam:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma
asmākamof us
asmākam:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
phalamthe result/fruit
phalam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; subject of implied ‘(bhavati)’
tuindeed/but
tu:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta, emphasis/contrast
itithus
iti:
Quotation marker (इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति) marking reported speech