Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
आकाशवाग् उवाच क्लेशेनालं सुरगणा गौतमीम् आशु गच्छत भक्त्या हरिहरौ तत्र समाराधयतेश्वरौ //
Translation
This verse (18) highlights virtues and rites of worship to be practiced for the preservation of righteousness.
Word by Word
ākāśa-vākthe sky-voice
ākāśa-vāk:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ākāśasya vāk = voice from the sky)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
kleśenawith trouble/strain
kleśena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन); used idiomatically with alam
alamenough (of)
alam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootalam (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), prohibitive/sufficiency sense
sura-gaṇāḥO hosts of gods
sura-gaṇāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (surāṇāṃ gaṇāḥ)
gautamīmto the Gautamī (river Godāvarī)
gautamīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgautamī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
āśuquickly
āśu:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootāśu (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण)
gacchatago
gacchata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
bhaktyāwith devotion
bhaktyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
hari-harauHari and Hara (Viṣṇu and Śiva)
hari-harau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Dual (द्विवचन); इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय-देशवाचक)
samārādhayataworship/propitiate
samārādhayata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√rādh (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
īśvarauthe two Lords
īśvarau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootīśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Dual (द्विवचन); apposition to hariharau
Speaker
Ākāśa-vāṇī addressing the Devas