Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
मनसा भावना भक्तिर् इष्टा श्रद्धा च कीर्त्यते ध्यानं समाधिर् इत्य् उक्तं शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः //
Translation
Dieser Vers (Nr. 8) legt das Dharma dar; daher soll er aufrichtig und gläubig rezitiert werden.
Word by Word
manasāby the mind
manasā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bhāvanāmental cultivation/intent contemplation
bhāvanā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāvanā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhaktiḥdevotion
bhaktiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
iṣṭādesired/approved
iṣṭā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √iṣ ‘to desire’ → iṣṭa as adjective)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषणम् (qualifying bhaktiḥ)
śraddhāfaith
śraddhā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
kīrtyateis called/declared
kīrtyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkīrt (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); Passive sense (कर्मणि-प्रयोगः) ‘is called/declared’
dhyānammeditation
dhyānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
samādhiḥsamādhi
samādhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsamādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
uktamis said
uktam:
Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘said/declared’
śṛṇudhvamlisten
śṛṇudhvam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
su-samāhitāḥO well-composed (ones)
su-samāhitāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu (अव्यय) + samāhita (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā with सम्-आ- → ‘collected’)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—कर्मधारय (‘well-collected/attentive’)
Speaker
Brahmā continues teaching the dvija-s.