Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 37
गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनम्
Description of Gandharva Mūrchanā Characteristics
Devanagari script
उत्तरेवप्रकृत्येवंमाताब्राह्मतलायत / तथाहतानोपिडकेयत्रमायांनिवर्त्तते
Transliteration
uttarevaprakṛtyevaṃmātābrāhmatalāyata / tathāhatānopiḍakeyatramāyāṃnivarttate
Translation
उत्तरेव प्रकृत्यैवं माता ब्राह्मतलायत। तथाहतान् अपि डके यत्र मायां निवर्त्तते॥
Word by Word
uttaraḥthe next/latter
uttaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; used substantively ‘the latter/next’
evaindeed, only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
prakṛtyaby nature, naturally
prakṛtya:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक) → prakṛtya (अव्ययभाव/तृतीया-तत्सम)
FormAbsolutive-like adverbial form meaning ‘by nature/according to nature’ (क्रियाविशेषण)
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
mātāmother
mātā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Nominative, Singular
brāhmaBrahmic, pertaining to Brahmā
brāhma:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrāhma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka/Masculine form; here taken as adjective qualifying an omitted noun; case unclear due to corrupt pāṭha
talāyatawent/approached (uncertain)
talāyata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु) with preverb? (पाठभ्रंश सम्भाव्य)
FormForm uncertain; treated as past/imperf. 3rd sg (लङ्/लिट्?) due to context; text likely corrupt
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
hatānaḥstruck, slain (uncertain form)
hatānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√han (धातु) → hata (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormPast passive participle; form irregular/uncertain (expected hatāḥ/hatān); treated as Masculine Nominative Plural/collective
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
ḍakein/at ḍaka (uncertain)
ḍake:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootḍaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormLocative Singular (7th/सप्तमी), Masculine/Neuter; meaning uncertain (possibly place-name)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormRelative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)
māyāmillusion, māyā
māyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Accusative, Singular (2nd/द्वितीया)
nivarttateturns back, ceases, returns
nivarttate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni+√vṛt (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)