Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 26

Agastyopadeśa: Viṣṇupada-stava-sādhanā and Paraśurāma’s Darśana of Hari

Devanagari script

कृष्ण उवाच हन्त राम महाभाग सिद्धं ते कार्यमुत्तमम् / कवचस्य स्तवस्यापि प्रभावादवधारय

Transliteration

kṛṣṇa uvāca hanta rāma mahābhāga siddhaṃ te kāryamuttamam / kavacasya stavasyāpi prabhāvādavadhāraya

Translation

Kṛṣṇa said: Come, O greatly blessed Rāma—your noble task is accomplished. Know also, and hold as certain, the power of this kavaca-hymn of praise.

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• hanta: indeed!, well!
• hanta: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hanta (अव्यय)
• Form: Exclamatory particle (विस्मय/सम्बोधन निपात)

• rāma: O Rāma
• rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• mahā-bhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya ‘mahān bhāgaḥ’; Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• siddham: accomplished
• siddham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative to kāryam

• te: for you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular

• kāryam: task
• kāryam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; qualifies kāryam

• kavacasya: of the armor (protective hymn)
• kavacasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kavaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular

• stavasya: of the praise-hymn
• stavasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• prabhāvāt: from the power/effect
• prabhāvāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular

• avadhāraya: understand, take note
• avadhāraya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, Imperative), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular