Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 13

दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation

Devanagari script

उद्भूतैर्धूलिकाजालैराक्रान्ता दैत्यसैनिकाः / इयत्तयातः सेनायाः संख्यापि परिभाविता

Transliteration

udbhūtairdhūlikājālairākrāntā daityasainikāḥ / iyattayātaḥ senāyāḥ saṃkhyāpi paribhāvitā

Translation

尘网骤起，压覆了提耶多（Daitya）军阵；其势之盛，连军队的数量也被遮没，难以辨数。

Word by Word

• udbhūtaiḥ: by risen/raised
• udbhūtaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udbhūta (कृदन्त, √bhū धातु with ud-)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; qualifying dhūlikājālaiḥ

• dhūlikā-jālaiḥ: by clouds/masses of dust
• dhūlikā-jālaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūlikā (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural; ‘धूलिकाजालैः’ = by nets/masses of dust

• ākrāntāḥ: overwhelmed/covered
• ākrāntāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ākrānta (कृदन्त, √kram धातु with ā-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; past passive participle used predicatively with daityasainikāḥ

• daitya-sainikāḥ: Daitya soldiers
• daitya-sainikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + sainika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘दैत्यानां सैनिकाः’ = soldiers of the Daityas

• iyattayā: by such a magnitude
• iyattayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iyattā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; ‘by such an extent/measure’

• ātaḥ: reached/attained
• ātaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + √i (धातु) ; form: āta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; PPP ‘brought/come’; used with saṃkhyā (fem.) elliptically—sense: ‘(एतावता) आता’ = reached (to this extent)

• senāyāḥ: of the army
• senāyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: senā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• saṃkhyā: number/count
• saṃkhyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/अपि = also/even)

• paribhāvitā: was confounded/overwhelmed
• paribhāvitā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paribhāvita (कृदन्त, √bhū/√bhāv धातु with pari-)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; PPP agreeing with saṃkhyā