Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
सप्तम्यां वा महाभागाः सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत् अहोरात्रोपवासेन पूजयेद् यस् तु भास्करम् //
Translation
Le verset (23) poursuit l’exposé d’un enseignement digne de vénération selon la tradition puranique.
Word by Word
saptamyāmon the seventh (tithi)
saptamyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक-प्रयोगः (on the seventh lunar day)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; alternative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
mahābhāgāḥO greatly fortunate ones
mahābhāgāḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ; vocative sense though form is nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक; mahā + bhāga)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महान् भागः/भाग्यं येषां ते)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
aśvamedhaphalamthe fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
aśvamedhaphalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaśvamedha-phala (प्रातिपदिक; aśvamedha + phala)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अश्वमेधस्य फलं)
labhetwould obtain
labhet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootlabh (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
ahorātra-upavāsenaby fasting for a day and night
ahorātra-upavāsena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootahorātra-upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक; ahorātra + upavāsa)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (अहोरात्रस्य उपवासः)
pūjayetshould worship
pūjayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpūj (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
tuindeed / but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)
bhāskaramthe Sun (Bhāskara)
bhāskaram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
Speaker
Not specified in the provided excerpt (addressing an audience as ‘mahābhāgāḥ’).