Brahma Purana — Kapilāsaṅgama Tīrtha and the Pṛthu–Earth Covenant, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

हत्वा वेनं ब्रह्मशापैर् नष्टधर्मे त्व् अराजके कपिलं सिद्धम् आचार्यम् ऊचुर् मुनिगणास् तदा //

Translation

Der Vers (141.4) wird als heiliges Wort im Purāṇa angeführt, doch der ursprüngliche Sanskrittext ist hier nicht angegeben.

Word by Word

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), from √han; expresses prior action ‘having slain’

• venam: Vena (the king)
• venam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• brahmaśāpaiḥ: by the Brahmins’ curses
• brahmaśāpaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma-śāpa (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्म + शाप)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘of Brahmins’ + ‘curse’

• naṣṭadharme: when dharma was destroyed
• naṣṭadharme: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa-dharma (प्रातिपदिक; नष्ट + धर्म)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘destroyed’ qualifying ‘dharma’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), adversative/emphatic

• arājake: in a kingless (state)
• arājake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-rājaka (प्रातिपदिक; अ + राजक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); privative ‘without a king’

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

• siddham: accomplished/perfected
• siddham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies Kapila

• ācāryam: teacher/preceptor
• ācāryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); in apposition to Kapila

• ūcuḥ: said/spoke
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); √vac ‘to say’

• munigaṇāḥ: the groups of sages
• munigaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + गण)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘group of sages’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय)

Speaker

• Sages (munigaṇāḥ) address Kapila