Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्य त्व् अवरजः पुत्रः शूरो नाम भविष्यति तेषां विख्यातवीर्याणां चारित्रगुणशालिनाम् //

Translation

Vers (38) mahnt: Das Hören und Bewahren des heiligen Wortes bringt Verdienst und Weisheit hervor, wie es die alten Lehrer lehrten.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• avarajaḥ: younger (brother/son), junior
• avarajaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-vara-ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śūraḥ: Śūra (name)
• śūraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Visheshana (विशेषण/Name-marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable used for naming: ‘by name’)

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

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vikhyāta-vīryāṇām: of those famed for valor
• vikhyāta-vīryāṇām: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-khyāta (कृदन्त, √khyā) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘teṣām’)

• cāritra-guṇa-śālinām: of those possessing conduct and virtues
• cāritra-guṇa-śālinām: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāritra (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + śālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘teṣām’)

Speaker

• Narrator concluding this segment with a laudatory characterization