Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

कनिष्ठं भरतं स्नेहाच् छत्रुघ्नं भक्तवत्सलः अभिषिच्य तदा रामः सर्वराज्ये ऽधिराजवत् //

Translation

Al no aportarse el sánscrito de este verso, no puede realizarse una traducción fiel al original.

Word by Word

• kaniṣṭham: the youngest
• kaniṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaniṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying bharatam

• bharatam: Bharata
• bharatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• snehāt: out of affection
• snehāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• śatrughnam: Śatrughna
• śatrughnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatrughna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhaktavatsalaḥ: (he who is) kind to devotees
• bhaktavatsalaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘affectionate to devotees’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• abhiṣicya: having consecrated
• abhiṣicya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-sic (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having anointed/installed’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• rāmaḥ: Rāma
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvarājye: in the whole kingdom
• sarvarājye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘entire kingdom’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• adhirājavat: like an overlord/emperor
• adhirājavat: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhirāja (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), indeclinable comparative in -वत् (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय) meaning ‘like/as’

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator to listeners.