Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
आद्ये त्रेतायुगे पूर्वं मनोर् वैवस्वतस्य ह देवस्य महतो यज्ञे वारुणीं बिभ्रतस् तनुम् //
Translation
This is verse 34.48 of the Brahma Purana, revered as a sacred utterance within the Purāṇic tradition.
Word by Word
ādyein the first (time)
ādye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (locative of time)
tretā-yugein the Tretā age
tretā-yuge:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottretā + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tretāyāḥ yuge)
pūrvamformerly / earlier
pūrvam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययम्; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (temporal adverb)
manoḥof Manu
manoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
vaivasvatasya(Manu) Vaivasvata
vaivasvatasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying manu)
haindeed / as is said
ha:
None (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; निपातः (emphatic/quotative particle)
devasyaof the god
devasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
mahataḥgreat
mahataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying deva/yajña context)
yajñein the sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
vāruṇīmVāruṇī (of Varuṇa)
vāruṇīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvāruṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tanum qualifies)
bibhrataḥof (him) bearing
bibhrataḥ:
Kartṛ-sambandha (कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootbhṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘bearing’—genitive agreeing with (manor vaivasvatasya)
tanumbody / form
tanum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrative voice (within Brahmā’s forthcoming exposition)
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