Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 1
Devanagari script
मुनय ऊचुः श्रुतो ऽस्माभिः सुरश्रेष्ठ भवता यद् उदाहृतम् भास्करस्य परं क्षेत्रं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम् //
Translation
Au début du chapitre 29, «1» est donné comme l’ouverture de l’exposé sacré, selon le mode des écritures anciennes.
Word by Word
munayaḥsages
munayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ūcuḥsaid
ūcuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
śrutaḥheard
śrutaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); impersonal/passive sense with 'asmābhiḥ'
asmābhiḥby us
asmābhiḥ:
Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
sura-śreṣṭhaO best of gods
sura-śreṣṭha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'surāṇām śreṣṭhaḥ'
bhavatāby you
bhavatā:
Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun/polite 'you'; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yatwhich/that (what)
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
udāhṛtamstated/mentioned
udāhṛtam:
Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootud-ā-√hṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)
bhāskarasyaof Bhāskara (the Sun)
bhāskarasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
paramsupreme
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying 'kṣetram'
kṣetramsacred field
kṣetram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bhukti-mukti-phala-pradamgranting fruits of enjoyment and liberation
bhukti-mukti-phala-pradam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); multi-member tatpuruṣa qualifying 'kṣetram'
Speaker
Sages (munis) addressing a divine speaker (called suraśreṣṭha).