Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
धनुर् गृहीत्वा सशरम् ईशो ऽपि मृगरूपिणम् माम् उवाच वधिष्ये त्वां मृगव्याधस् तदा हरः //
Translation
Die Weisen verehren die Devas und den Lehrer, um den Pfad der Wahrheit zu gehen.
Word by Word
dhanuḥbow
dhanuḥ:
Karma (कर्म; object of gṛhītvā)
TypeNoun
Rootdhanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana
gṛhītvāhaving taken
gṛhītvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया; prior action)
TypeVerb
Root√grah (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal; with prefix gṛhī- (from grah)
saśaramwith arrows
saśaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + śara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘with arrows’ (स-शर) qualifying dhanuḥ/implicit weaponry
īśaḥthe Lord (Śiva)
īśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle) meaning ‘also/even’
mṛgarūpiṇam(me) in deer-form
mṛgarūpiṇam:
Karma (कर्म; object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛga + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘having the form of a deer’ qualifying mām
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म; object of uvāca/vadhiṣye)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्; perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
vadhiṣyeI will kill
vadhiṣye:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vadh (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लुट्; periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
tvāmyou
tvām:
Karma (कर्म; object of vadhiṣye)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana
mṛgavyādhaḥO deer-hunter
mṛgavyādhaḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन; address)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛga + vyādha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; vocative sense intended in address (हे मृगव्याध) though form is nominative in text
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormKāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)
haraḥHara (Śiva)
haraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to īśaḥ)
TypeNoun
Roothara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; epithet of Śiva
Speaker
Brahmā narrates; Śiva (Hara/Īśa) speaks within the story.