Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः //

Translation

Es ist nur die Nummer 28 angegeben; ohne den Sanskrit-Urtext lässt sich keine sakrale Übersetzung erstellen.

Word by Word

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (lyap), indeclinable; prior action

• śirasā: with (his) head
• śirasā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana

• devam: the god / Lord
• devam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• prahṛṣṭena: with delighted
• prahṛṣṭena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument of manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prahṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ + kta)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; used adjectivally with antarātmanā (instrumental of manner)

• antar-ātmanā: with (his) inner self
• antar-ātmanā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'antare ātmanā' (with inner self)

• adya: today / now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; enclitic form

• saphalam: fruitful / successful
• saphalam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with janma (and implied with tapaḥ); karmadhāraya: 'phalaṃ asti'

• janma: birth / life
• janma: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• adya: today / now
• adya: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; enclitic

• saphalam: fruitful
• saphalam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective with tapaḥ

• tapaḥ: austerity / penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana

Speaker

• Vibhīṣaṇa (devotee) speaks in reverence to the deity present in/through the pratimā.