Shloka 123
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
मन्त्रार्थं तत्र वसति ब्रह्म चर्यं महेश्वरे / तद्बुद्ध्वा नीतिपूर्वं तु राष्ट्रं न्यस्तं तदासुरैः
Transliteration
mantrārthaṃ tatra vasati brahma caryaṃ maheśvare / tadbuddhvā nītipūrvaṃ tu rāṣṭraṃ nyastaṃ tadāsuraiḥ
Translation
ولأجل غايةِ المانترا أقام هناك متلبّسًا ببرهمتشريا بين يدي ماهيشڤرا؛ فلما علم الأسورا ذلك سلّموا المملكة يومئذٍ على نهج السياسة الرشيدة.
Word by Word
mantrārthamfor the purpose of the mantra
mantrārtham:
Karma (कर्म) (goal/purpose as object of motion/intent)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘for the sake/purpose of mantra’ (goal)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)
vasatidwells, stays
vasati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvas (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (लट्, present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
brahmaBrahma; sacred/holy
brahma:
Karma (कर्म) (as part of object phrase)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन) (used as qualifier in compound sense with caryam)
caryamconduct, celibate discipline
caryam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘conduct/practice’; together ‘brahmacaryam’ intended
maheśvarein/with Maheśvara (Śiva)
maheśvare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmaheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म) (object of absolutive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
buddhvāhaving understood
buddhvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया) (prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootbudh (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वान्त, gerund), ‘having known/understood’
nītipūrvamprudently, according to policy
nītipūrvam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnīti (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva compound used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘in accordance with policy/preceded by proper conduct’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) expressing contrast/emphasis
rāṣṭramkingdom, realm
rāṣṭram:
Karma (कर्म) (object implied with ‘nyastam’)
TypeNoun
Rootrāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
nyastamentrusted, handed over
nyastam:
Karma (कर्म) (predicate participle)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-as (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormKṛdanta past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन), agreeing with rāṣṭram; ‘entrusted/placed/handed over’
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb
asuraiḥby the asuras
asuraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण) / Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)