Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच तदा स राक्षसः क्रूरो देवगन्धर्वकिंनरान् लोकपालान् समनुजान् मुनिसिद्धांश् च पापकृत् //

Translation

Vers (37) setzt die Darlegung von Dharma und der reinen Lebensführung fort, wie sie von den alten Lehrern gelehrt wurde.

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्/Perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb ‘then’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• rākṣasaḥ: the rākṣasa (demon)
• rākṣasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• krūraḥ: cruel
• krūraḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agrees with rākṣasaḥ

• deva-gandharva-kiṃnarān: gods, gandharvas, and kiṃnaras
• deva-gandharva-kiṃnarān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + gandharva + kiṃnara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd/कर्म), Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• lokapālān: world-guardians
• lokapālān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lokapāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘guardians of the worlds’

• sama-nujān: along with their followers/younger ones
• sama-nujān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sama + nuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; upapada/tatpuruṣa sense ‘together with younger brothers/attendants’

• muni-siddhān: sages and siddhas
• muni-siddhān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva ‘sages and siddhas’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction ‘and’

• pāpa-kṛt: evil-doer
• pāpa-kṛt: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa + kṛ (धातु/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Kṛdanta: present participial/agent noun (कर्तृवाचक) from √kṛ with upapada ‘pāpa’; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; qualifies sa rākṣasaḥ

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates (listener not specified in the provided excerpt)