Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
नहि देवगणाः शक्तास् त्रिविक्रमविनाकृताः भुवने देवकार्याणि कर्तुं नायकवर्जितः //
Translation
This verse (no. 19) is spoken in the Purāṇa to guide those who seek Dharma.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negative particle)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
deva-gaṇāḥhosts of gods
deva-gaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां गणाः
śaktāḥable
śaktāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootśak (शक् धातु) → śakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle in adjectival sense ‘able’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
trivikrama-vinākṛtāḥwithout Trivikrama
trivikrama-vinākṛtāḥ:
Hetu/Upadhi (हेतु/उपाधि/Condition)
TypeAdjective
Roottrivikrama (प्रातिपदिक) + vinā (अव्यय) + kṛta (कृ धातु से कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव: ‘त्रिविक्रमं विना कृताः’ = without Trivikrama
bhuvanein the world
bhuvane:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootbhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
deva-kāryāṇitasks of the gods
deva-kāryāṇi:
Karma (कर्म/Direct object)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां कार्याणि
kartumto do
kartum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Infinitival purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive), ‘कर्तुं’ = to do
nāyaka-varjitāḥdevoid of a leader
nāyaka-varjitāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of devagaṇāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootnāyaka (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (वर्ज् धातु से कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे: ‘नायकं वर्जिताः’ (deprived of a leader)
Speaker
Unspecified in provided excerpt; a speaker is praising Trivikrama/Vishnu as indispensable leader of the devas.