Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
यच् चान्यद् अकरोत् कर्म दिव्यचेष्टाविघातकृत् कथ्यतां तन् मुनिश्रेष्ठ परं कौतूहलं हि नः //
Translation
This entry provides only the verse number “2” without the Sanskrit text, so a meaningful translation cannot be supplied.
Word by Word
yatwhatever/that which
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun, object of kathyatām
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)
anyatother, additional
anyat:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies yat/karma
akarotdid/performed
akarot:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
karmadeed, act
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
divya-ceṣṭā-vighāta-kṛtone who obstructs divine actions
divya-ceṣṭā-vighāta-kṛt:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + ceṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + vighāta (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृ-धातु, कृत्-प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: 'divyāyāḥ ceṣṭāyāḥ vighātaṃ karoti' = one who obstructs divine acts; used as epithet (contextual)
kathyatāmlet it be told
kathyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkath (धातु)
FormImperative/Optative passive (लोट्, कर्मणि-प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); resumptive pronoun
muniśreṣṭhaO best of sages
muniśreṣṭha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ'
paramgreat, supreme
param:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies kautūhalam
kautūhalamcuriosity
kautūhalam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkautūhala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात/अव्यय)
naḥof us/our
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic form
Speaker
Sages addressing Vyāsa