Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
यज्विनां च विशुद्धानां वंशे ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः स शूरः क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठो महावीर्यो महायशाः //
Translation
Verse (39) teaches that one endowed with faith and moral discipline should revere the deities and the ancient preceptors, so that Dharma may stand firm.
Word by Word
yajvināmof the sacrificers
yajvinām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyajvin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
viśuddhānāmof the pure
viśuddhānām:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘yajvinām’)
vaṃśein the lineage
vaṃśe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥbest of Brahmins
brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
śūraḥŚūra
śūraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśūra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
kṣatriya-śreṣṭhaḥbest among Kṣatriyas
kṣatriya-śreṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
mahā-vīryaḥof great valor
mahā-vīryaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘saḥ śūraḥ’)
mahā-yaśāḥof great fame
mahā-yaśāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘saḥ śūraḥ’)
Speaker
A Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice addressing eminent brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇasattamāḥ).