Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 17
Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger
Dialogue Frame
Devanagari script
सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं मनो हृदि निरुध्य च / चिन्तयामास देवेशं ध्यानदृष्ट्या जगद्गुरुम्
Transliteration
sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ mano hṛdi nirudhya ca / cintayāmāsa deveśaṃ dhyānadṛṣṭyā jagadgurum
Translation
他严摄诸根，收心于胸臆之中，以禅观之眼思惟天主、世间之师。
Word by Word
sanniyamyahaving restrained
sanniyamya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ni-√yam (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from sam+ni+√yam (संनियम्) ‘to restrain completely’
indriya-grāmamthe group of senses
indriya-grāmam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘indriyāṇāṃ grāmaḥ’ (collection of senses)
manaḥthe mind
manaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (form manaḥ)
hṛdiin the heart
hṛdi:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roothṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
nirudhyahaving confined
nirudhya:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootnir-√rudh (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from nir+√rudh (निरुध्) ‘to confine, restrain’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
cintayāmāsahe contemplated
cintayāmāsa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcint (धातु)
FormPeriphrastic perfect (लिट्-परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; from √cint (चिन्त्) ‘to think/meditate’
deveśamthe Lord of gods
deveśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘devānām īśaḥ’ (lord of gods)
dhyāna-dṛṣṭyāwith meditative vision
dhyāna-dṛṣṭyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘dhyānasya dṛṣṭiḥ’ (vision of meditation)
jagad-gurumthe world-teacher
jagad-gurum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘jagataḥ guruḥ’ (teacher of the world)