Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
विक्रमेण च संपन्नः सर्वपार्थिवपार्थिवः शूरः संहननो भूतो द्वारकायां वसन् प्रभुः //
Translation
This verse (44) should be recited in stillness, so that the imperishable truth may be understood.
Word by Word
vikrameṇaby valor/heroic stride
vikrameṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
saṃpannaḥendowed; accomplished
saṃpannaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam + pad (धातु)
FormPast participle (क्त) from sam-√pad ‘to be endowed/attain’; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
sarva-pārthiva-pārthivaḥsovereign over all kings
sarva-pārthiva-pārthivaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva + pārthiva + pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष—‘king among all kings/earthly rulers’ (pārthiva = king)
śūraḥheroic
śūraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśūra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
saṃhananaḥwell-built; compact
saṃhananaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃhanana (प्रातिपदik)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘compact/firm-bodied; well-knit’
bhūtaḥhaving become
bhūtaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormPast participle (क्त) from √bhū; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; used predicatively ‘having become’
dvārakāyāmin Dvārakā
dvārakāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdvārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
vasandwelling
vasan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvas (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ) from √vas ‘to dwell’; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
prabhuḥlord/master
prabhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice.