Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 162
Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada
Devanagari script
केचिद्रासभवर्णाभा लाक्षारसनिभास्तथा / मनशिलाभास्त्वपरे कपोताभास्तथांबुदाः
Transliteration
kecidrāsabhavarṇābhā lākṣārasanibhāstathā / manaśilābhāstvapare kapotābhāstathāṃbudāḥ
Translation
ਕੁਝ ਬੱਦਲ ਗਧੇ ਦੇ ਰੰਗ ਵਰਗੇ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਹਨ, ਕੁਝ ਲਾਖ-ਰਸ ਵਰਗੇ; ਕੁਝ ਮਨਸ਼ਿਲਾ ਵਾਂਗ ਚਮਕਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਕਬੂਤਰ ਵਰਗੀ ਸਲੇਟੀ ਛਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਹਨ।
Word by Word
kecitsome
kecit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkimcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
rāsabha-varṇa-ābhāḥdonkey-colored (greyish)
rāsabha-varṇa-ābhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootrāsabha (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘having the hue/color of a donkey’
lākṣā-rasa-nibhāḥlike lac-juice (reddish)
lākṣā-rasa-nibhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootlākṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक) + nibha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘resembling lac-juice (reddish dye)’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormManner adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय): ‘likewise’
manaśilā-ābhāḥrealgar-colored
manaśilā-ābhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmanaśilā (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘having the appearance of realgar (manaśilā)’
tubut
tu:
Sambandha/Contrast (सम्बन्ध/विरोध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrastive/emphatic
apareothers
apare:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively ‘others’
kapota-ābhāḥpigeon-colored
kapota-ābhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkapota (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘pigeon-colored’
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormManner adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय): ‘likewise’
ambudāḥclouds
ambudāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootambuda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)