Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 12
विषङ्गपलायनम् (Viṣaṅga-palāyanam) — Aftermath of the First Battle Day
Devanagari script
महाप्रमादः समभूदिति नः श्रुतमंबिके / कूटयुद्धप्रकारेण दैत्यैरपकृतं खलैः
Transliteration
mahāpramādaḥ samabhūditi naḥ śrutamaṃbike / kūṭayuddhaprakāreṇa daityairapakṛtaṃ khalaiḥ
Translation
ਹੇ ਅੰਬਿਕੇ! ਅਸੀਂ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵੱਡੀ ਲਾਪਰਵਾਹੀ ਹੋ ਗਈ; ਦੁਸ਼ਟ ਦੈਤਾਂ ਨੇ ਕੂਟ-ਯੁੱਧ ਦੇ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਛਲ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਅਪਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
mahā-pramādaḥa great blunder
mahā-pramādaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + pramāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya ‘great negligence/blunder’
samabhūtoccurred
samabhūt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-bhū (धातु)
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada; ‘arose/occurred’
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय)
naḥto us / of us
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic; here genitive ‘of us/for us’
śrutamhas been heard
śrutam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used impersonally: ‘it has been heard’
ambikeO Mother (Ambikā)
ambike:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
kūṭa-yuddha-prakāreṇaby deceitful warfare-method
kūṭa-yuddha-prakāreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkūṭa + yuddha + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘by the method of deceitful warfare’
daityaiḥby the daityas
daityaiḥ:
Kartṛ (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
apakṛtamharm/wrong (done)
apakṛtam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootapa-kṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘wrong done/harm done’
khalaiḥby the wicked ones
khalaiḥ:
Kartṛ (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkhala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); appositional to daityaiḥ