Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवंविधा त्व् इयं भक्तिः सदा कार्या विजानता भक्त्या समाधिना चैव स्तवेन मनसा तथा //

Translation

Ce verset ne contient que le nombre «14» ; le texte sanskrit n’étant pas fourni, il est impossible d’en traduire le sens.

Word by Word

• evaṃ-vidhā: such (of this kind)
• evaṃ-vidhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय: एवंविधा = 'of such a kind'

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (तु = but/indeed)

• iyam: this
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• kāryā: should be done/practised
• kāryā: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate necessity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु: कृ) + kārya (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Gerundive/कृत्य (to be done); Feminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective agreeing with bhaktiḥ

• vijānatā: by the knowing person
• vijānatā: Karta (कर्ता/agent-instrumental)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु: ज्ञा)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ) in Instrumental; Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; 'by one who knows'

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• samādhinā: with concentration/meditative absorption
• samādhinā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (एव = only/indeed)

• stavena: with hymn/praise
• stavena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• manasā: with the mind
• manasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तथा = thus/also)

Speaker

• Brahmā concluding a sub-unit of instruction.