Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
पुण्यक्षयाद् इहायातश् चतुर्वेदी द्विजोत्तमः वैष्णवं योगम् आस्थाय ततो मोक्षम् अवाप्नुयात् //
Translation
هذا المقطع لا يورد إلا الرقم «62»؛ ولم يُقدَّم نصٌّ سنسكريتي للترجمة.
Word by Word
puṇya-kṣayātfrom the depletion of merit
puṇya-kṣayāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya (पुण्य प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (क्षय प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); 'from the exhaustion of merit'
ihahere
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देश-अव्यय)
āyātaḥhaving come
āyātaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√yā (या धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; 'having come/arrived'
catur-vedīknower of the four Vedas
catur-vedī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur (चतुर् प्रातिपदिक) + vedin (वेदिन् प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'knower of four Vedas'
dvija-uttamaḥbest of the twice-born
dvija-uttamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (उत्तम प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'best among the twice-born'
vaiṣṇavamVaiṣṇava
vaiṣṇavam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaiṣṇava (वैष्णव प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying yogam
yogamdiscipline/yoga
yogam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyoga (योग प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
āsthāyahaving undertaken
āsthāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sthā (स्था धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय with -ya), 'having resorted to/undertaken'
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (ततः = 'thereupon/then/from that')
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (मोक्ष प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
avāpnuyātmay attain
avāpnuyāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√āp (आप् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
Speaker
Continuing narration within Brahmā’s discourse