Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 49
Devanagari script
पुरातनीं स्वमूर्तिं च समाराध्य ततो हरिः दश वर्षसहस्राणि दश वर्षशतानि च //
Translation
Für diesen Vers liegt kein Sanskrittext vor; daher kann er nicht unter Wahrung seines heiligen Sinnes übersetzt werden.
Word by Word
purātanīmancient/former
purātanīm:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpurātana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying svamūrtim
sva-mūrtimhis own form
sva-mūrtim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya-samāsa (कर्मधारय) ‘one’s own form’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
samārādhyahaving worshipped
samārādhya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-rādh (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having worshipped/propitiated’
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
hariḥHari (Viṣṇu/Rāma)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
daśaten
daśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like in use; qualifying following neuter plurals
varṣa-sahasrāṇithousands of years
varṣa-sahasrāṇi:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘thousands of years’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
daśaten
daśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक), qualifying following neuter plural
varṣa-śatānihundreds of years
varṣa-śatāni:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘hundreds of years’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator.