Brahma Purana — Kapilāsaṅgama Tīrtha and the Pṛthu–Earth Covenant, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

पृथुर् उवाच यत्रोपकारो ऽनेकानाम् एकनाशे भविष्यति न दोषस् तत्र पृथिवि तपसा धारये प्रजाः //

Translation

Zu 141.21 ist nur die Versnummer angegeben; ohne Sanskrittext lässt sich der ursprüngliche Sinn nicht übersetzen.

Word by Word

• pṛthuḥ: Pṛthu
• pṛthuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• yatra: where/when
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय)

• upakāraḥ: benefit, help
• upakāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• anekānām: of many
• anekānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• eka-nāśe: in the destruction of one
• eka-nāśe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-अव्यय)

• doṣaḥ: fault, sin
• doṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there/in that case
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक-अव्यय)

• pṛthivi: O Earth
• pṛthivi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhāraye: I sustain/maintain
• dhāraye: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• prajāḥ: creatures, subjects
• prajāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

Speaker

• King Pṛthu replies to Bhūmi