Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्मिन् काले तदा शक्रो देवराट् खेचरैः सह जगाम ब्रह्मसदनम् आरुह्य गजम् उत्तमम् //

Translation

Der Vers (176.12) spiegelt die Heiligkeit der puranischen Überlieferung wider und ist der Verehrung würdig.

Word by Word

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kāle: time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-कालय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-कालय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), time-adverb (कालवाचक)

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• deva-rāṭ: king of the gods
• deva-rāṭ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan/rāṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास) तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां राट्); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to शक्रः

• khecaraiḥ: with the sky-goers (celestials)
• khecaraiḥ: Sahakāraka (सह/साकं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khecara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), preposition-like particle indicating accompaniment (सह/साकं)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• brahma-sadanam: Brahmā’s abode
• brahma-sadanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (समास) तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः सदनम्); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• āruhya: having mounted
• āruhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√ruh (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त), Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), “having mounted”

• gajam: elephant
• gajam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• uttamam: excellent/best
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective (विशेषण), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with गजम्

Speaker

• Narrator describing Indra’s action