Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
अनन्तवासुदेवस्य न सम्यग् वर्णितं त्वया श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे देव विस्तरेण वदस्व नः //
Translation
This verse: “2” — a portion of sacred speech, to be recited and studied with reverence.
Word by Word
ananta-vāsudevasyaof Ananta Vāsudeva
ananta-vāsudevasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootananta (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: ‘अनन्तः वासुदेवः’
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)
samyakproperly
samyak:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamyak (अव्यय)
Formरीति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly/fully)
varṇitamdescribed
varṇitam:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvarṇ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
śrotumto hear
śrotum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/infinitival)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to hear’
icchāmahewe desire
icchāmahe:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootiṣ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद
devaO god
deva:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
vistareṇain detail
vistareṇa:
Karana (करण/means-manner)
TypeNoun
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); रीति/प्रकारे (in detail)
vadasvaplease tell
vadasva:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
naḥto us
naḥ:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Sages addressing Brahmā (confirmed by the next verse: brahmovāca)