Brahma Purana — Krishna Returns the Parijata Tree to Dvaraka and Marries the Rescued Maidens, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

जगाम कृष्णः सहसा गृहीत्वा पादपोत्तमम् ततः शङ्खम् उपाध्माय द्वारकोपरि संस्थितः //

Translation

Este verso (cap. 204, v. 9) aparece solo como “śloka 9” sin el texto sánscrito; por ello no es posible ofrecer una traducción fiel.

Word by Word

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• sahasā: suddenly, quickly
• sahasā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• gṛhītvā: having taken
• gṛhītvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• pādapa-uttamam: the best tree
• pādapa-uttamam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādapa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative: 'best of trees')

• tataḥ: then; from there
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa/Apādāna-sūcaka (संदर्भ/अपादानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रमवाचक/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• śaṅkham: conch
• śaṅkham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• upādhmāya: having blown
• upādhmāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-dhmā (धातु) उपसर्गः उप-
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) from उप+आ+ध्मा, अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• dvārakā-upari: above/over Dvārakā
• dvārakā-upari: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dvārakā (प्रातिपदिक) + upari (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः (adverbial compound), स्थानवाचक (locative sense: 'above/in Dvārakā')

• saṃsthitaḥ: stood, was stationed
• saṃsthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'standing/placed'

Speaker

• Vyāsa narrating