Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
आभ्यां मुक्तः सहस्राक्षो ह्य् अप्सरोभ्यां ब्रुवन्न् इव शशाप ते स गाधेयो द्रवरूपे भविष्यथः //
Translation
Verse (18) sets forth a profound meaning in accordance with the ancient Purana tradition.
Word by Word
ābhyāmby those two
ābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual (द्विवचन), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया); ‘by those two’
muktaḥfreed
muktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/भूतकृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘released/freed’
sahasra-akṣaḥthe thousand-eyed (Indra)
sahasra-akṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुव्रीहि (one who has a thousand eyes)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
apsarobhyāmby the two apsarases
apsarobhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootapsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dual (द्विवचन), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया)
bruvanspeaking
bruvan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with sahasrākṣaḥ
ivaas if
iva:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormSimile particle (उपमा-अव्यय)
śaśāpacursed
śaśāpa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśap (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tethem (two)
te:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया); ‘those two (them)’
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
gādheyaḥGādheya (Viśvāmitra)
gādheyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgādheya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name/epithet (son/descendant of Gādhi)
drava-rūpein liquid form
drava-rūpe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdrava (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष (in liquid-form)
bhaviṣyathaḥyou two will become
bhaviṣyathaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormFuture (लृट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन); Parasmaipada
Speaker
Viśvāmitra (curse directed at the two Apsarases); narrator reports