Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 140
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषो रुक्मवर्णो ह्यतीन्द्रियः / ब्रह्मा नारायणा ख्यस्तु सुष्वाप सलिले तदा
Transliteration
sahasraśīrṣā puruṣo rukmavarṇo hyatīndriyaḥ / brahmā nārāyaṇā khyastu suṣvāpa salile tadā
Translation
ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਸਿਰਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ, ਸੁਨਹਿਰੀ ਵਰਣ, ਇੰਦ੍ਰਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਰੇ ਉਹ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼—ਜੋ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ‘ਨਾਰਾਇਣ’ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੈ—ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਉਸ ਜਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁੱਤਾ ਪਿਆ।
Word by Word
sahasra-śīrṣāthousand-headed
sahasra-śīrṣā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + śīrṣan/śīrṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'one who has a thousand heads'
puruṣaḥthe Person
puruṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpuruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
rukma-varṇaḥgolden-colored
rukma-varṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrukma (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'having golden color'
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
atīndriyaḥtranscending the senses
atīndriyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootati (उपसर्ग) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; 'beyond the senses'
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nārāyaṇa-ākhyāḥnamed Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇa-ākhyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; nārāyaṇa-ākhyā = 'named Nārāyaṇa'
tuand/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
suṣvāpaslept
suṣvāpa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√svap (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; 'slept'
salilein the water
salile:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsalila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, temporal adverb