Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 40
Devanagari script
भवेद् ऊर्ध्वगतिर् दीपो न कदाचिद् अधोगतिः दाता दीप्यति चाप्य् एवं न तिर्यग्गतिम् आप्नुयात् //
Translation
Vers (40) lehrt: Ehrfurcht vor dem Herrn und dem Lehrer ist das Fundament reinen Wissens.
Word by Word
bhavetmay be; should be
bhavet:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू॒ धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
ūrdhva-gatiḥupward course/destination
ūrdhva-gatiḥ:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘ऊर्ध्वा गतिः’
dīpaḥthe lamp
dīpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
nanot
na:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
kadācitever; at any time
kadācit:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadācit (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘at any time/ever’
adho-gatiḥdownward course/destination
adho-gatiḥ:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootadhas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘अधो गतिः’
dātāthe giver
dātā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
dīpyatishines; becomes radiant
dīpyati:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootdīp (दीप् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
apialso; even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: “also/even”)
evamthus; in this manner
evam:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (manner adverb): ‘thus/in this way’
nanot
na:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)
tiryak-gatima sideways/animal course (lower birth)
tiryak-gatim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottiryak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + gati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘तिर्यक् गतिम्’
āpnuyātmay attain; should attain
āpnuyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootāp (आप् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
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