Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 30
Devanagari script
तं पाञ्चजन्यम् आपूर्य गत्वा यमपुरीं हरिः बलदेवश् च बलवाञ् जित्वा वैवस्वतं यमम् //
Translation
This verse (section 194, stanza 30) teaches that hearing and remembering the sacred word leads to merit and wisdom.
Word by Word
tamthat (conch)
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; refers to śaṅkha (Pāñcajanya)
pāñcajanyamPāñcajanya (conch)
pāñcajanyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāñcajanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper name of conch
āpūryahaving filled (resounded)
āpūrya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpṝ (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-सम) with ā-
FormAbsolutive (lyap/ktvā-equivalent), avyaya; āpūrya = “having filled/after filling (with sound)”
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (ktvānta), avyaya
yamapurīmYama’s city (Yamapurī)
yamapurīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyama + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: “yamasya purī”
hariḥHari (Kṛṣṇa)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa
baladevaḥBaladeva
baladevaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbala + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: “balaḥ eva devaḥ” / name Baladeva
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
balavānstrong
balavān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbalavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; possessive adjective (मतुप्-anta) qualifying (Baladeva)
jitvāhaving defeated
jitvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootji (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (ktvānta), avyaya; “having conquered”
vaivasvatamVaivasvata (son of Vivasvat)
vaivasvatam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying yamam (son of Vivasvat)
yamamYama
yamam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
Speaker
Narrator voice (continuation of Purāṇic narration; explicit speaker not marked in this verse)