Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
द्रवितुं मां समायाते यतस् त्व् इह ततो लघु ततः प्रसादितस् ताभ्यां शापमोक्षं चकार सः //
Translation
Le verset (19) doit être écouté avec révérence et médité avec sagesse.
Word by Word
dravitumto flow/run
dravitum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/तुमर्थ)
TypeVerb
Rootdru (धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to run/flow’
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormAccusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; 1st person pronoun
samāyātethe two approached
samāyāte:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-yā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Dual; Ātmanepada; ‘the two came/approached’
yataḥfrom where
yataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna-bodhaka (हेतु/अपादानबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyataḥ (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb/conjunction (अव्यय) meaning ‘from which/wherefrom’
tubut
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAdversative particle (निपात)
ihahere
iha:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
tataḥfrom there/then
tataḥ:
Apādāna-bodhaka (अपादानबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः) = ‘from there/thereupon’
laghuquickly
laghu:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootlaghu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; used adverbially = ‘quickly’
tataḥthereupon
tataḥ:
Apādāna-bodhaka (अपादानबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः)
prasāditaḥappeased
prasāditaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-sad (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘appeased/propitiated’ (refers to gādheyaḥ)
tābhyāmby them (two)
tābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया); ‘by those two’
śāpa-mokṣamrelease from the curse
śāpa-mokṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (release from the curse)
cakāradid/granted
cakāra:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
Narrator conveying Viśvāmitra’s decision; implied: Apsarases plead/appease