Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 52

Bhaṇḍāsurāhaṅkāra

The Mustering of the Daitya Forces and the Roar of War

Devanagari script

अथ क्रोधारुणं चक्षुर्दधाना संपदंबिका / रणकोलाहलगजमारूढायुध्यतामुना

Transliteration

atha krodhāruṇaṃ cakṣurdadhānā saṃpadaṃbikā / raṇakolāhalagajamārūḍhāyudhyatāmunā

Translation

Bấy giờ Sampadāmbikā, đôi mắt đỏ rực vì giận, cưỡi lên chiến tượng giữa tiếng ồn ào náo động của trận mạc, rồi giao chiến với kẻ ấy.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; ārambha/anuvṛtti-nipāta (then/now)

• krodha-aruṇam: anger-reddened
• krodha-aruṇam: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + aruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa-samāsa; viśeṣaṇa of cakṣuḥ (‘reddened by anger’)

• cakṣuḥ: eyes / gaze
• cakṣuḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• dadhānā: bearing / having
• dadhānā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhā (धातु) → dadhāna (कृदन्त; pres. participle)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; vartamāna-kṛdanta (Śatṛ) from √dhā ‘to hold/bear’; agrees with saṃpatkary-ambikā

• saṃpatkarī-ambikā: Lady Saṃpatkarī (Ambikā)
• saṃpatkarī-ambikā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpatkarī (प्रातिपदिक; proper noun) + ambikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya-samāsa (‘Saṃpatkarī who is Ambikā’ / ‘Lady Saṃpatkarī’)

• raṇa-kolāhala-gajam: the war-elephant amid tumult
• raṇa-kolāhala-gajam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kolāhala (प्रातिपदिक) + gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa-samāsa (‘elephant of battle-noise’, i.e., war-elephant amid tumult)

• ārūḍhā: mounted (upon)
• ārūḍhā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√ruh (धातु) → ārūḍha (कृदन्त, PPP)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Kta (PPP) from √ruh ‘to mount’, with upasarga ā; agrees with saṃpatkarī-ambikā

• ayudhyatā: did not fight
• ayudhyatā: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a-√yudh (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; from √yudh ‘to fight’ with privative a-: ‘did not fight’

• amunā: with/against that one (him)
• amunā: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun ‘that (yonder)’