Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मोवाच अर्घ्यं पूजादिकं सर्वं भास्करस्य द्विजोत्तमाः भक्तिं श्रद्धां समाधिं च कथ्यमानं निबोधत //
Translation
هذه الآية المقدسة (رقم 7) في البورانا تُحفظ وتُتلى بخشوع وإجلال.
Word by Word
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
arghyamarghya-offering
arghyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootarghya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
pūjā-ādikamworship and the like
pūjā-ādikam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास/‘pūjā etc.’)
sarvamall
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषणम् (qualifying arghyam/pūjādikam)
bhāskarasyaof Bhāskara (the Sun)
bhāskarasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
dvijottamāḥO best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
dvijottamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—कर्मधारय (‘best of the twice-born’)
bhaktimdevotion
bhaktim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
śraddhāmfaith
śraddhām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samādhimmeditative absorption
samādhim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsamādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
kathyamānambeing explained
kathyamānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (धातु)
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘being described/said’
nibodhataunderstand; take note
nibodhata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); उपसर्गः—नि-
Speaker
Brahmā instructs the dvija-s (twice-born, addressed as dvijottamāḥ).