Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 14
Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya
Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa
Devanagari script
महाता सुकृतेनैव तत्क्षेत्रगमने रतिः / नृणां संजायते राजन्नान्यथा तु कथञ्चन
Transliteration
mahātā sukṛtenaiva tatkṣetragamane ratiḥ / nṛṇāṃ saṃjāyate rājannānyathā tu kathañcana
Translation
أيها الملك، إنما تنشأ لدى الناس رغبة الذهاب إلى ذلك الكْشيترا بفضل برّ عظيم وحده؛ وإلا فلا سبيل إلى ذلك.
Word by Word
mahatāby great (means)/by great (merit)
mahatā:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively ‘by great (merit)’
sukṛtenaby good deed/merit
sukṛtena:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootsukṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable emphatic particle (अवधारण)
tat-kṣetra-gamanein going to that sacred place
tat-kṣetra-gamane:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: tat-kṣetre gamanam
ratiḥdelight/attachment
ratiḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootrati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
nṛṇāmof men
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
saṃjāyatearises/is produced
saṃjāyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√jan (जन् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
rājanO king
rājan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable negation particle (निषेध)
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (प्रकारवाचक) meaning ‘otherwise’
tubut
tu:
Vyatireka (व्यतिरेक/Contrast marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (तु) adversative/emphatic
kathañcanain any way whatsoever
kathañcana:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkathañcana (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (निषेधार्थे) meaning ‘in any way (at all)’ often with negation