Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
इत्य् उक्तो ऽन्तर् जलं गत्वा हत्वा पञ्चजनं तथा कृष्णो जग्राह तस्यास्थिप्रभवं शङ्खम् उत्तमम् //
Translation
This verse (section 194, stanza 28) continues the exposition of profound meaning in accordance with Purāṇic tradition.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle (thus)
uktaḥhaving been told
uktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
FormKta-pratyaya past passive participle; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; “having been told/addressed”
antarwithin
antar:
Upapada (उपपद)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
FormAvyaya; adverb/preposition-like (“within/inside”)
jalamthe water
jalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; gati-kriyāyāṃ karma (object of motion)
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (ktvānta), avyaya; “having gone”
hatvāhaving killed
hatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (ktvānta), avyaya; “having slain”
pañcajanamPañcajana
pañcajanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpañcajana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper name
tathāthen/likewise
tathā:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (“so/likewise/then”)
kṛṣṇaḥKṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun
jagrāhatook/seized
jagrāha:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु)
FormLaṅ-lakāra, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; “of him/of that (Pañcajana)”
asthi-prabhavambone-born / produced from bones
asthi-prabhavam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootasthi + prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; pañcamī/ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa sense: “asthibhyaḥ/asthinaḥ prabhavaḥ” (originating from bone)
śaṅkhamconch
śaṅkham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
uttamamexcellent/best
uttamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; superlative adjective qualifying śaṅkham
Speaker
Narrator describing Kṛṣṇa’s action