Brahmanda Purana — Prakriya Pada, Shloka 17
Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
Devanagari script
अहं कर्त्ता हि लोकानां संहर्ता च पुनः पुनः / एवं संभाषमाणौ तु परस्परजयैषिणौ
Transliteration
ahaṃ karttā hi lokānāṃ saṃhartā ca punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇau tu parasparajayaiṣiṇau
Translation
“Ako nga ang lumikha ng mga daigdig, at ako rin ang tagapagwasak, paulit-ulit.” Sa gayon, silang dalawa’y nag-uusap na kapwa naghahangad ng tagumpay sa isa’t isa.
Word by Word
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā (Nominative), Ekavacana
kartācreator
kartā:
Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: tṛc (agent noun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (emphasis/indeed)
lokānāmof the worlds
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Bahuvacana
saṃhartādestroyer, reabsorber
saṃhartā:
Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃ-hṛ (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: tṛc (agent noun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; from √hṛ with prefix saṃ- (to withdraw/destroy)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kāla/Prakāra (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
punaḥagain and again
punaḥ:
Kāla/Prakāra (काल/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (repetition for emphasis)
evamthus
evam:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
saṃbhāṣamāṇauthe two conversing
saṃbhāṣamāṇau:
Karta (कर्ता) (dual subject)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-bhāṣ (धातु)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta (Present middle participle/शानच्), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative), Dvivacana (Dual); ātmanepada sense ‘conversing’
tubut, indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (contrast/emphasis)
paraspara-jaya-aiṣiṇauseeking to conquer one another
paraspara-jaya-aiṣiṇau:
Viśeṣaṇa of karta (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparaspara (प्रातिपदिक) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + eṣiṇ (प्रातिपदिक; from √iṣ ‘to seek’ with in)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Dvivacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (parasparasya jayaṃ eṣiṇau = seeking each other’s victory/defeat) used adjectivally