Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
भवन्तौ कंसभीतेन दृष्टौ संकर्षणेन च कुर्वतां याति यः कालो मातापित्रोर् अपूजनम् //
Translation
هذا البيت (رقم ٣) يبيّن الدارما والمعرفة وفق تقليد البورانا العريق.
Word by Word
bhavantauyou two (honorific)
bhavantau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन)
kaṃsa-bhītenaby/with one frightened of Kaṃsa
kaṃsa-bhītena:
Karana/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootkaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भी, क्त)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तृतीया-तत्पुरुष ‘kaṃsena bhītaḥ’
dṛṣṭauseen (you two were seen)
dṛṣṭau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; dṛś, क्त)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual (द्विवचन); past participle used predicatively
saṃkarṣaṇenaby Saṃkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
saṃkarṣaṇena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkarṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
kurvatāmof those doing; while doing
kurvatām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ, धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त) in Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी, बहुवचन) used as ‘while (they) do’; from √kṛ
yātigoes/passes
yāti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (या, धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yaḥwhich/that
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kālaḥtime
kālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mātā-pitroḥof mother and father
mātā-pitroḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDual (द्विवचन), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी); द्वन्द्व ‘mātā ca pitā ca’ → mātāpitarau; here gen.dual mātāpitroḥ
apūjanamnon-worship; failure to honor
apūjanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roota-pūjana (प्रातिपदिक; pūj + lyuṭ with negation a-)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Kṛṣṇa addressing Devakī and Vasudeva (continuation of the address begun in v.2)