Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 27
The City Equal to Amarāvatī: Creation of Households, Women, and Civic Splendor
Arjunopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
कालेयपङ्कसुरभीकृतनन्दनोत्थशुभ्रप्रसूननिकरैरलिवृन्दगीतैः / तत्रत्यपौरवनिताञ्जनरत्नसारमुक्ताभिरप्यनुपदं प्रविकीर्यमामः
Transliteration
kāleyapaṅkasurabhīkṛtanandanotthaśubhraprasūnanikarairalivṛndagītaiḥ / tatratyapauravanitāñjanaratnasāramuktābhirapyanupadaṃ pravikīryamāmaḥ
Translation
Tumpukan bunga putih dari taman Nandana, yang diharumkan oleh baluran cendana kāleya, disertai nyanyian kawanan lebah, menghiasi jalan itu. Para wanita kota setempat pun menaburkan anjana, serbuk permata, dan mutiara pada setiap langkah.
Word by Word
kāleya-paṅka-surabhī-kṛta-nandana-uttha-śubhra-prasūna-nikaraiḥwith heaps of white Nandana-flowers made fragrant by kāleya-mud
kāleya-paṅka-surabhī-kṛta-nandana-uttha-śubhra-prasūna-nikaraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootkāleya (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅka (प्रातिपदिक) + surabhī (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक) + uttha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + śubhra (प्रातिपदिक) + prasūna (प्रातिपदिक) + nikara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; long determinative compound: 'heaps of white flowers arisen from Nandana (garden), made fragrant by kāleya-mud'
ali-vṛnda-gītaiḥwith songs/humming of swarms of bees
ali-vṛnda-gītaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootali (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛnda (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसक/puṃ? Instrumental plural: Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; (ali-vṛndasya gītaiḥ)
tatratya-paura-vanitā-añjana-ratna-sāra-muktābhiḥwith collyrium, jewel-essence, and pearls of the local city women
tatratya-paura-vanitā-añjana-ratna-sāra-muktābhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottatratya (प्रातिपदिक) + paura (प्रातिपदिक) + vanitā (प्रातिपदिक) + añjana (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + sāra (प्रातिपदिक) + muktā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; (tatratyāḥ pauravanitāḥ; their añjana/ratna-sāra-muktā = collyrium, jewel-essence, pearls)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), additive
anupadamat every step, repeatedly
anupadam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanupadam (अव्यय)
FormKriyāviśeṣaṇa (adverb), 'step by step/continually'
pravikīryamāmaḥwe scatter, we strew forth
pravikīryamāmaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṝ (कॄ/किर् धातु, to scatter)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), Uttama puruṣa (1st), Bahuvacana; Ātmanepada; passive-like present (vyākaraṇa: karmavācya/ātmanepada usage)