Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

गोदावर्यास् तयोश् चैव प्रसादात् किं तु दुष्करम् //

Translation

This verse (19) explains the results of wholesome and unwholesome deeds in accordance with the law of karma.

Word by Word

• godāvaryāḥ: from the Godāvarī
• godāvaryāḥ: Apadana/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: godāvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• tayoḥ: of those two (Hari and Hara)
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Dual (द्विवचन), demonstrative pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (अव्यय-संबन्धबोधक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), emphasis

• prasādāt: from the grace
• prasādāt: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन), interrogative pronoun

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (अव्यय-निपात), adversative/emphatic

• duṣkaram: difficult
• duṣkaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective

Speaker

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