Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

गिरीणां सर्वसंघातैः सेतुं बद्ध्वा महोदधौ बलेन महता रामः समुत्तीर्य महोदधिम् //

Translation

يُعَدُّ هذا المقطع الآيةَ الثالثةَ والأربعين في هذا الفصل بحسب ترتيب البورانا.

Word by Word

• girīṇām: of mountains
• girīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6/षष्ठी), Plural

• sarva-saṃghātaiḥ: with all the masses/collections
• sarva-saṃghātaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + saṃghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Instrumental (3), Plural

• setum: bridge/causeway
• setum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: setu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2/द्वितीया), Singular

• baddhvā: having bound/built
• baddhvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bandh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), having bound/built

• mahā-udadhau: in the great ocean
• mahā-udadhau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya; Masculine, Locative (7/सप्तमी), Singular

• balena: by strength
• balena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3), Singular

• mahatā: great
• mahatā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3), Singular; qualifying balena

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1), Singular

• samuttīrya: having crossed
• samuttīrya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ut-√tṝ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), having crossed over

• mahā-udadhim: the great ocean
• mahā-udadhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya; Masculine, Accusative (2), Singular

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates