Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

जपन्न् अभिमुखः किंचिन् मन्त्रं स्तोत्रम् अथापि वा आदित्यव्रतम् एतत् तु महापातकनाशनम् //

Translation

Dieser Vers (45) beschreibt die Frucht des Dharma und den Frieden, der aus rechter Übung erwächst.

Word by Word

• japan: chanting
• japan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• abhimukhaḥ: facing (towards)
• abhimukhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषणम्

• kiṃcit: some
• kiṃcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kimcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-प्रयोग)
• Form: Indeclinable used as ‘some/any’ (किञ्चिदित्यव्ययप्रयोगः)

• mantram: mantra
• mantram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• stotram: hymn
• stotram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• atha: or/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Disjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)

• āditya-vratam: the Aditya vow/observance
• āditya-vratam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘आदित्यस्य व्रतम्’

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Adversative/emphatic particle (निपात)

• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: destroyer of great sins
• mahā-pātaka-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘महापातकस्य नाशनम्’

Speaker

• Not specified in the provided excerpt.