Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
तिलाः पवित्रं तैलं वा तिलगोदानम् उत्तमम् अग्निकार्ये च दीपे च महापातकनाशनम् //
Translation
Le verset (37) de ce chapitre est consigné afin de manifester l’ordre du Dharma et l’enseignement sacré.
Word by Word
tilāḥsesame seeds
tilāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
pavitrampure; purifying
pavitram:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)
tailamoil
tailam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottaila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
vāor
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: “or”)
tila-godānamgift of a cow (with sesame/for sesame-rite)
tila-godānam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottila (प्रातिपदिक) + go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘तिलानां गोदानम्’ / ‘तिलेन सह गोदानम्’ (contextual)
uttamamexcellent; best
uttamam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण
agni-kāryein a fire-rite; in fire-related work
agni-kārye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘अग्नेः कार्ये’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)
dīpein a lamp; in the lamp (rite)
dīpe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootdīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
mahā-pātaka-nāśanamdestroyer of great sins
mahā-pātaka-nāśanam:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास (contextual): ‘महच्च तत् पातकं’ + ‘तस्य नाशनम्’ → ‘महापातकनाशनम्’; विशेषण (predicate adjective)
Speaker
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