Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 4

गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनम्

Description of Gandharva Mūrchanā Characteristics

Devanagari script

स्थातोनित्रीनरो नीड्डीमनःकण्ठशिरस्थया / एतेषु त्रिषु स्थानेषु प्रवृत्तो विधिरुत्तमः

Transliteration

sthātonitrīnaro nīḍḍīmanaḥkaṇṭhaśirasthayā / eteṣu triṣu sthāneṣu pravṛtto vidhiruttamaḥ

Translation

Sthāto, nitrī, naro, nīḍḍī—được nói là an trụ nơi manas (tâm), kaṇṭha (cổ họng) và śiras (đầu); pháp thức vận hành trong ba chỗ ấy là tối thượng.

Word by Word

• sthātaḥ: (that which is) placed/located
• sthātaḥ: Viṣeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāta (कृदन्त; √sthā/स्था ḍātu, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) (elliptic/technical term)

• u: indeed
• u: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: u (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis (often in Vedic/technical style)

• nitrī-naraḥ: nitrī-nara (technical term; uncertain)
• nitrī-naraḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nitrī + nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) (technical/unclear reading)

• nīḍḍī-manaḥ-kaṇṭha-śiraḥ-sthayā: by the placement in nīḍḍī, mind, throat, and head (technical loci)
• nīḍḍī-manaḥ-kaṇṭha-śiraḥ-sthayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīḍḍī + manas + kaṇṭha + śiras + sthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (द्वन्द्व) list-compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन) (as a collective instrument/means); reading is technical and partially uncertain

• eteṣu: in these
• eteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun used adjectivally; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• triṣu: in three
• triṣu: Viṣeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sthāneṣu: places; positions
• sthāneṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pravṛttaḥ: set in motion; operative
• pravṛttaḥ: Vidheyaviṣeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pravṛtta (कृदन्त; pra-√vṛt/वृत् ḍātu, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) agreeing with 'vidhiḥ'

• vidhiḥ: rule; procedure
• vidhiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• uttamaḥ: excellent; best
• uttamaḥ: Viṣeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) qualifying 'vidhiḥ'