Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

नन्दगोपश् च निश्चेष्टः पश्यन् पुत्रमुखं भृशम् यशोदा च महाभागा बभूव मुनिसत्तमाः //

Translation

El 185.24 figura solo como el número «24», sin palabras en sánscrito; por tanto, no puede traducirse su sentido con precisión.

Word by Word

• nandagopaḥ: Nandagopa
• nandagopaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nanda (प्रातिपदिक) + gopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• niśceṣṭaḥ: motionless, stunned
• niśceṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥ (उपसर्ग) + ceṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective qualifying nandagopaḥ

• paśyan: seeing
• paśyan: Kriyā-sahakārī (क्रियासहकारी/समानकर्तृक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paśy (धातु) → paśyat (कृदन्त)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with nandagopaḥ; ‘while seeing’

• putra-mukham: his son’s face
• putra-mukham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; compound: ‘son’s face’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• bhṛśam: intensely, greatly
• bhṛśam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• yaśodā: Yaśodā
• yaśodā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśodā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• mahā-bhāgā: very fortunate/noble
• mahā-bhāgā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; adjective qualifying yaśodā; ‘greatly fortunate’

• babhūva: became/was
• babhūva: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular

• muni-sattamāḥ: O best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural; address to sages; compound: ‘best of sages’

Speaker

• Narrator (Vyāsa implied) describing Nanda and Yaśodā’s condition to the sages/audience