Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

विष्णुचक्रप्रतिहतप्रभावा मुनिसत्तमाः ततः काशिबलं भूरि प्रमथानां तथा बलम् //

Translation

This entry provides only the number “39” and no Sanskrit text; therefore a meaningful translation cannot be given.

Word by Word

• viṣṇu-cakra-pratihata-prabhāvāḥ: whose power was checked by Viṣṇu’s discus
• viṣṇu-cakra-pratihata-prabhāvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + pratihata (कृदन्त, √han/हन्) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘munisattamāḥ’ इत्यस्य

• muni-sattamāḥ: the best of sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thereupon/then’

• kāśi-balam: the force/army of Kāśī
• kāśi-balam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• bhūri: great/abundant
• bhūri: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūri (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘kāśi-balam’

• pramathānām: of the Pramathas
• pramathānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramatha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपमानार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘likewise/also’

• balam: strength/force
• balam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

• Narrator addressing sages (munisattamāḥ)