Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
ददृशुश् चापि ते तत्र सर्पराजवशंगतम् निष्प्रयत्नं कृतं कृष्णं सर्पभोगेन वेष्टितम् //
Translation
এই অধ্যায়ৰ ত্ৰয়োবিংশতম শ্লোক।
Word by Word
dadṛśuḥsaw
dadṛśuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Plural
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
apialso
api:
Particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), sense ‘also/indeed’
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
tatrathere
tatra:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
sarpa-rāja-vaśaṃ-gatamfallen under the serpent-king’s power
sarpa-rāja-vaśaṃ-gatam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying kṛṣṇam; compound: ‘gone into the control (vaśa) of the serpent-king’
niṣ-prayatnamhelpless, without resistance
niṣ-prayatnam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnis (उपसर्ग) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective qualifying kṛṣṇam; sense ‘without effort/helpless’
kṛtammade (to be)
kṛtam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛ (धातु) → kṛta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying kṛṣṇam; sense ‘made/turned (into such a state)’
kṛṣṇamKṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular
sarpa-bhogenaby the serpent’s coil(s)
sarpa-bhogena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular; compound: ‘by the coils (bhoga) of a serpent’
veṣṭitamwrapped/encircled
veṣṭitam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootveṣṭ (धातु) → veṣṭita (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying kṛṣṇam
Speaker
Narrator voice; describes what Nanda, Balarāma, and the cowherd community witness
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