Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 28
Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
Devanagari script
तृणीकृततृणावर्त्तो यमलार्जुनभञ्जनः / उत्तालतालभेत्ता च तमालश्यामला कृतिः
Transliteration
tṛṇīkṛtatṛṇāvartto yamalārjunabhañjanaḥ / uttālatālabhettā ca tamālaśyāmalā kṛtiḥ
Translation
Đấng xem Trinavarta như cọng cỏ mà hàng phục, Đấng bẻ gãy cây song sinh Yamala–Arjuna, Đấng chẻ đôi những cây tala cao vút, và thân sắc sẫm như cây tamala.
Word by Word
tṛṇīkṛta-tṛṇāvartaḥ(He who) made Tṛṇāvarta as insignificant as straw
tṛṇīkṛta-tṛṇāvartaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottṛṇīkṛta (कृदन्त; तृणीकृ √kṛ धातु) + tṛṇāvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः: ‘तृणीकृतः तृणावर्तः’ (one who made Tṛṇāvarta like straw)
yamala-arjuna-bhañjanaḥbreaker of the twin Arjuna trees
yamala-arjuna-bhañjanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyamala (प्रातिपदिक) + arjuna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhañjana (प्रातिपदिक; √bhañj धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘यमलार्जुनयोः भञ्जनः’ (breaker of the twin Arjuna trees)
uttāla-tāla-bhettāsplitter of the tall palm trees
uttāla-tāla-bhettā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootuttāla (प्रातिपदिक) + tāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhettṛ (प्रातिपदिक; √bhid धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘उत्तालतालयोः भेत्ता’ (splitter of the lofty palm trees)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction/particle)
tamāla-śyāmalādark like a tamāla tree
tamāla-śyāmalā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottamāla (प्रातिपदिक) + śyāmala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā, Ekavacana; कर्मधारयः: ‘तमाल इव श्यामा’ (dark like the tamāla tree)
kṛtiḥform; figure; embodiment
kṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛti (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ धातु)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana