Brahma Purana — Balarama Slays Dvivida and Restores Cosmic Order, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच यज्ञविध्वंसनं कुर्वन् मर्त्यलोकक्षयं तथा ततो विध्वंसयाम् आस यज्ञान् अज्ञानमोहितः //
Translation
Vers 5: Wer das Dharma gemäß diesem heiligen Wort übt, erlangt Glückseligkeit und inneren Frieden.
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yajña-vidhvaṃsanamdestruction of sacrifices
yajña-vidhvaṃsanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhvaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: destruction of sacrifices
kurvandoing/causing
kurvan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
martya-loka-kṣayamdestruction of the mortal world
martya-loka-kṣayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmartya (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: destruction of the world of mortals
tathāalso/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): likewise/also
tataḥthen/thereupon
tataḥ:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः), sense: then/from that
vidhvaṃsayāmdestruction/ruin
vidhvaṃsayām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhvaṃsaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); action-noun used with √as (to be engaged in)
āsawas
āsa:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); periphrastic: 'was engaged in'
yajñānsacrifices
yajñān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
ajñāna-mohitaḥdeluded by ignorance
ajñāna-mohitaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootajñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + mohita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: deluded by ignorance
Speaker
Vyāsa narrates (to an implied audience of sages/listeners).
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