Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच गदतो मे मुनिश्रेष्ठाः श्रूयताम् इदम् आदरात् नरावतारे कृष्णेन दग्धा वाराणसी यथा //
Translation
এটি তৃতীয় শ্লোক—পবিত্র পুরাণবচন শ্রদ্ধায় শ্রবণ করা উচিত এবং ধর্মার্থে মনে ধারণ করা উচিত।
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
gadataḥof (me) speaking
gadataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootgad (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); used with me = 'while I speak'
memy/of me
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic
muniśreṣṭhāḥO best sages
muniśreṣṭhāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'munīnām śreṣṭhāḥ'
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative passive (लोट्, कर्मणि-प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
idamthis (account)
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
ādarātout of respect
ādarāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootādara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)
nara-avatārein the human incarnation
nara-avatāre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'narasya avatāraḥ' (incarnation as a man)
kṛṣṇenaby Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
dagdhāburnt
dagdhā:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootdah (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with vārāṇasī
vārāṇasīVārāṇasī
vārāṇasī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvārāṇasī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
yathāas/how
yathā:
Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण/illustration)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormComparative/illustrative indeclinable (यथा, अव्यय)
Speaker
Vyāsa speaking to the sages