Brahma Purana — Krishna Returns the Parijata Tree to Dvaraka and Marries the Rescued Maidens, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
वज्रं चेदं गृहाण त्वं यष्टव्यं प्रहितं त्वया तवैवैतत् प्रहरणं शक्र वैरिविदारणम् //
Translation
This verse (204.4) is regarded as a sacred utterance of the Purana, solemn in tone and instructive in intent.
Word by Word
vajramthunderbolt (vajra)
vajram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvajra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
gṛhāṇatake, accept
gṛhāṇa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (ग्रह् धातु)
FormLoṭ lakāra (लोट्/imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यम), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
yaṣṭavyamto be employed/used (as required)
yaṣṭavyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootyaj + tavya (यज् धातु + तव्य प्रत्यय)
FormKṛtya (कृत्य) gerundive/obligative (तव्यत्), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana (प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन); sense: ‘to be used/handled (as required)’
prahitamsent, dispatched
prahitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√hi + kta (प्र + हि धातु + क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā Ekavacana (प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन)
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
tavaof you, your
tava:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
evaindeed, only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय)
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
praharaṇamweapon
praharaṇam:
Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान/सम्बोधन-पूर्वक विधान)
TypeNoun
Rootpra-haraṇa (प्रहरण प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
śakraO Śakra (Indra)
śakra:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootśakra (शक्र प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
vairi-vidāraṇamenemy-destroying
vairi-vidāraṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvairin + vidāraṇa (वैरिन् + विदारण प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘of enemies’ + ‘tearing’; Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); agrees with praharaṇam
Speaker
Keśava speaks to Indra.