Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 56
Devanagari script
कदाचित् स्वगृहात् प्राप्तं कश्यपं द्विपदां वरम् अपृच्छद् धिमवान् वृत्तं लोके ख्यातिकरं हितम् //
Translation
ইয়াত শ্লোকৰ মূল সংস্কৃত পাঠ দিয়া নাই; সেয়ে যথাযথ অনুবাদ সম্ভৱ নহয়। অনুগ্ৰহ কৰি পাঠ দিয়ক।
Word by Word
kadācitonce
kadācit:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadācit (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘once/sometime’)
sva-gṛhātfrom (his) own house
sva-gṛhāt:
Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
TypeNoun
Rootsva + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; समासः—स्वं गृहम् (कर्मधारय)
prāptamarrived
prāptam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootprāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘kaśyapam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्—‘having arrived/come’
kaśyapamKaśyapa
kaśyapam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
dvipadāmof men (bipeds)
dvipadām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootdvipad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘of bipeds/men’
varamexcellent/best
varam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘kaśyapam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
apṛcchatasked
apṛcchat:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
dhimavānHimavān (the Himalaya)
dhimavān:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdhimavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हिमालयः (proper name)
vṛttamthe event/occurrence
vṛttam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
khyāti-karambringing fame
khyāti-karam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootkhyāti + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—ख्यातिं करोति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)
hitambeneficial
hitam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘vṛttam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
Speaker
Brahmā narrating; within the story Himavān speaks to Kaśyapa
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