Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 59
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
पुच्छदेशे तु कर्षन्तो मुहुराप्यायिताः सुराः / अनुकूलेन वातेन विष्णुना प्रेरितेन तु
Transliteration
pucchadeśe tu karṣanto muhurāpyāyitāḥ surāḥ / anukūlena vātena viṣṇunā preritena tu
Translation
ਪੁੱਛ ਵਾਲੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਖਿੱਚਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਦੇਵਤਾ ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ਤਾਕਤਵਰ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਗਏ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਅਨੂਕੂਲ ਹਵਾ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਸੀ।
Word by Word
puccha-deśeat the tail-region
puccha-deśe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootpuccha (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: pucchasya deśaḥ
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle
karṣantaḥpulling
karṣantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Doer)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛṣ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत्/शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with surāḥ
muhuḥrepeatedly
muhuḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb (frequency)
āpyāyitāḥwere invigorated/refreshed
āpyāyitāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Patient)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√pyā (धातु) + ṇic? (causative sense) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate of surāḥ (were refreshed/strengthened)
surāḥthe gods
surāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
anukūlenafavorable
anukūlena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanukūla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; qualifies vātena
vātenaby the wind
vātena:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootvāta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
viṣṇunāby Viṣṇu
viṣṇunā:
Kartr̥/Preraka (कर्ता/प्रेरक; agent behind)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
preritenaimpelled/driven
preritena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; of vāta)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√īr (धातु) / pra-√ri (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agrees with vātena (wind being impelled)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle