Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
यां प्रेक्ष्य विधिवद् भक्ताः सेन्द्रा वै मानुषादयः येन दानवरक्षोभ्यो विज्ञाय सुमहद् भयम् //
Translation
ষষ্ঠ শ্লোক—পুণ্যকৰ্মৰ ফলপ্ৰাপ্তি আৰু পাপনিবাৰণ ইয়াত প্ৰতিপাদিত হৈছে।
Word by Word
yāmwhom/which (her)
yām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); relative pronoun used as object
prekṣyahaving seen
prekṣya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√īkṣ (धातु) + ल्यप् (Ktvā/ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त), indeclinable; ‘having seen/after seeing’
vidhivataccording to rule; duly
vidhivat:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत्)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
bhaktāḥdevotees
bhaktāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhaj क्त)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
sa-indrāḥtogether with Indra
sa-indrāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa (सह/स- उपसर्गसदृश) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; सह-तत्पुरुषः: ‘with Indra’; qualifies bhaktāḥ/mānuṣādayaḥ
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (निपात)
FormAvyaya, particle (निपात) for emphasis
mānuṣa-ādayaḥhumans and others
mānuṣa-ādayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; ādi-tatpurusha: ‘humans and others’
yenaby which
yena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃ/napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental ‘by which/through which’
dānava-rakṣobhyaḥfrom the Dānavas and Rākṣasas
dānava-rakṣobhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava (प्रातिपदिक) + rakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (5th/पञ्चमी), Bahuvacana; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः: ‘from demons and rākṣasas’
vijñāyahaving understood
vijñāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootvi√jñā (धातु) + क्त्वा
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable; ‘having understood/after knowing’
su-mahatvery great
su-mahat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; intensifying karmadhāraya ‘very great’ qualifying bhayam
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana
Speaker
Brahmā continuing narration about the commissioned image