Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
नायकः सर्वभूतानां सर्वभूतनमस्कृतः एतस्य देवनाथस्य कार्यस्य च परस्य च //
Translation
This verse (no. 20) concludes this passage of the Purāṇa and is to be recited with reverence.
Word by Word
nāyakaḥleader
nāyakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
sarva-bhūtānāmof all beings
sarva-bhūtānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां भूतानाम्
sarva-bhūta-namaskṛtaḥrevered by all beings
sarva-bhūta-namaskṛtaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of nāyakaḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + namas-kṛta (नमस् + कृ धातु से कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: सर्वभूतैः नमस्कृतः (honored by all beings)
etasyaof this (one)
etasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
deva-nāthasyaof the lord of the gods
deva-nāthasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive apposition to etasya)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानां नाथः
kāryasyaof the task
kāryasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootkārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
parasyaof the other / of the higher
parasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण/संज्ञा ‘other/supreme’ (context-dependent)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
Speaker
Unspecified in provided excerpt; voice of praise describing Vishnu/Trivikrama.