Brahma Purana — Balarama Slays Dvivida and Restores Cosmic Order, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

द्विविद उवाच नरकं हतवान् कृष्णो बलदर्पसमन्वितम् करिष्ये सर्वदेवानां तस्माद् एष प्रतिक्रियाम् //

Translation

Verset 4 : Par la lecture et l’écoute assidues, le mérite s’accroît et l’ignorance se dissipe.

Word by Word

• dvividaḥ: Dvivida
• dvividaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvivida (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• narakam: Naraka
• narakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hatavān: has slain
• hatavān: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) + -tavat (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु/क्तवत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agentive: 'having slain'

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

• bala-darpa-samanvitam: endowed with strength and arrogance
• bala-darpa-samanvitam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक) + darpa (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying narakam; तत्पुरुष: endowed with strength and pride

• kariṣye: I shall do/make
• kariṣye: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 1st Person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• sarva-devānām: of all the gods
• sarva-devānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: all + gods

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तस्मात्-प्रयोग), sense: therefore/from that reason

• eṣaḥ: this (I)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• pratikriyām: retaliation/counter-action
• pratikriyām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratikriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Dvivida speaking (declaring motive and intent)