Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 71
Devanagari script
कश्यप उवाच स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय आराध्य वृषभध्वजम् पितॄन् गर्तात् समुद्धृत्य गणपान् प्रचकार ह //
Translation
يؤكّد هذا الموضع أن «71» هو رقم البيت في البورانا الجديرة بالتبجيل.
Word by Word
kaśyapaḥKaśyapa
kaśyapaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tathāthus
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb ‘thus/so’
iti(saying) ‘thus’
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
pratijñāyahaving promised
pratijñāya:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√jñā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय); ‘having promised/pledged’
ārādhyahaving worshipped
ārādhya:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√rādh (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्); ‘having propitiated/worshipped’
vṛṣabha-dhvajamthe Bull-bannered (Śiva)
vṛṣabha-dhvajam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vṛṣabho dhvajo yasya’ (epithet of Rudra/Śiva); Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
pitṝnthe forefathers
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
gartātfrom the pit
gartāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgarta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular
samuddhṛtyahaving lifted out
samuddhṛtya:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ud-√hṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्); ‘having lifted out/rescued’
gaṇapān(as) gaṇapas/attendants
gaṇapān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇapa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural
pracakāramade/appointed
pracakāra:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√kṛ (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; causative sense by context ‘made/appointed’
haindeed
ha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (स्मरण/वृत्तिनिपात)
Speaker
Narrator voice attributed to Kaśyapa; the action concerns a devotee rescuing pitṛs via Śiva’s grace.