Shloka 7

Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent

Devanagari script

श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यग्वद कृष्णस्य धीमतः / कर्मणामानुपूर्वीं च प्रादुर्भावाश्च ये प्रभो

Transliteration

śrotumicchāmahe samyagvada kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ / karmaṇāmānupūrvīṃ ca prādurbhāvāśca ye prabho

Translation

O Herr, wir wünschen klar die Reihenfolge der Taten des weisen Śrī Kṛṣṇa und all seine Erscheinungen zu vernehmen; bitte verkünde sie.

Word by Word

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + tumun (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Tumun-anta infinitive (तुमुनन्त), purpose/intent sense; avyaya-like usage

• icchāmahe: we desire
• icchāmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Ātmanepada; Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Bahuvacana (plural)

• samyak: properly, fully
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• vada: tell/speak
• vada: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), Parasmaipada; Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (singular)

• kṛṣṇasya: of Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/genitive), Ekavacana

• dhīmataḥ: of the wise
• dhīmataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/genitive), Ekavacana; adjective qualifying kṛṣṇasya

• karmaṇām: of the deeds
• karmaṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/genitive), Bahuvacana

• ānupūrvīm: the sequence, order
• ānupūrvīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānupūrvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/accusative), Ekavacana

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

• prādurbhāvāḥ: manifestations, appearances
• prādurbhāvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prādurbhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (1st/nominative), Bahuvacana

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

• ye: which/that (those)
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/nominative), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun referring to prādurbhāvāḥ

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative), Ekavacana