Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तस्मात् कृत्वा तपो घोरम् अपत्यं गुणवद् भृशम् उत्पादयस्व शैलेन्द्र सुतां त्वं वरवर्णिनीम् //

Translation

Este verso (n.º 73) se tiene por palabra sagrada dentro de la tradición puránica.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), ‘therefore/from that’ (case-form used adverbially)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/पूर्वक्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having done’

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ghoram: terrible, intense
• ghoram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (घोर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with tapaḥ

• apatyam: offspring, child
• apatyam: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (अपत्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• guṇavat: virtuous, endowed with qualities
• guṇavat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇavat (गुणवत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with apatyam

• bhṛśam: greatly, exceedingly
• bhṛśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (भृशम् अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• utpādayasva: produce, beget
• utpādayasva: Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-pād (उत्+पाद्/पद् धातु, causative)
• Form: Loṭ (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person/मध्यम), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Causative (णिच्)

• śailendra: O lord of mountains
• śailendra: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaila-indra (शैल + इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; संबोधन-प्रयोगः

• sutām: a daughter
• sutām: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (सुता प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vara-varṇinīm: of excellent complexion/beauty
• vara-varṇinīm: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara + varṇinī (वर + वर्णिनी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with sutām

Speaker

• An instructing voice (contextually a sage/narrator within the episode) addressing Śailendra/Himavān.