Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
देवार्थे क्रियमाणानि यः कर्माण्य् अनुमन्यते कीर्तनाद् वा परो विप्राः स वै भक्ततरो नरः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 11) résume le savoir ancien et sert de guide au chercheur spirituel.
Word by Word
deva-arthefor the deity’s sake
deva-arthe:
Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (चतुर्थी/प्रयोजन: ‘for the sake of the deity’)
kriyamāṇānibeing performed
kriyamāṇāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘being done’
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
karmāṇiacts/rites
karmāṇi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
anumanyateapproves/assents to
anumanyate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootman (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); उपसर्गः—anu-; meaning ‘approves/assents’
kīrtanātfrom/than (mere) praising/chanting
kīrtanāt:
Hetu (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootkīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
paraḥsuperior
paraḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); comparative sense ‘higher/superior’
viprāḥO brāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vaicertainly
vai:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात; निश्चयार्थक)
bhaktataraḥmore devoted
bhaktataraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); comparative degree (तरप्) ‘more devoted’
naraḥman/person
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Brahmā addressing vipras/brāhmaṇas.