Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 54
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
यथा दैत्याश्च पीयूषं नैतत्प्राप्स्यन्ति किञ्चन / केवलं क्लेशवन्तश्च करिष्यामि तथा ह्यहम्
Transliteration
yathā daityāśca pīyūṣaṃ naitatprāpsyanti kiñcana / kevalaṃ kleśavantaśca kariṣyāmi tathā hyaham
Translation
ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦੈਤ ਇਸ ਪੀਯੂਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਰਤਾ ਭਰ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਪਾ ਸਕਣ ਅਤੇ ਕੇਵਲ ਕਲੇਸ਼ ਹੀ ਸਹਿਣ—ਮੈਂ ਓਹੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਹੀ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।
Word by Word
yathāso that/as
yathā:
Kriyā-sambandha (क्रियासम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormUpamā/niyama-avyaya (यथा), correlating adverb ‘as/so that’
daityāḥthe daityas
daityāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
pīyūṣamnectar
pīyūṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpīyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
nanot
na:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormPratiṣedha-nipāta (प्रतिषेध) negation
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
prāpsyantiwill obtain
prāpsyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√āp (धातु)
FormLuṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Periphrastic future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada
kiñcanaanything
kiñcana:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; used with negation = ‘anything at all’
kevalamonly/merely
kevalam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkevala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial use (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘only/merely’
kleśavantaḥfull of hardship/afflicted
kleśavantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkleśa (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (प्रत्यय)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; possessive adjective (मतुप्/वन्त) qualifying daityāḥ
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
kariṣyāmiI will make/do
kariṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
FormLuṭ-lakāra (लुट्/Periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
tathāthus/so
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormCorrelative adverb (तथा) ‘thus/in that way’
hiindeed/for
hi:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta, emphasis/causal nuance
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā (1st), Ekavacana; sarvanāma