Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
तत्कथां श्रावयेद् यस् तु तद्भक्तान् पूजयीत वा अग्निशुश्रूषकश् चैव स वै भक्तः सनातनः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 9) est un enseignement ancien qui conduit l’esprit vers la paix.
Word by Word
tat-kathāmthat story (about him)
tat-kathām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘his/that (deity’s) story’)
śrāvayetshould cause to be heard / should recite
śrāvayet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormCausative (णिच्), Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha-dyotaka (सम्बन्ध-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; contrast/emphasis)
tat-bhaktānthose devotees of him
tat-bhaktān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘his devotees’)
pūjayītashould worship/honor
pūjayīta:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpūj (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
vāor
vā:
Vikalpa (विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
FormDisjunctive particle (विकल्पार्थक अव्यय)
agni-śuśrūṣakaḥa servant/attendant of the sacred fire
agni-śuśrūṣakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक) + śuśrūṣaka (प्रातिपदिक; from √śru with desiderative sense ‘to wish to serve/listen’)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/संबन्ध: ‘one who serves the sacred fire’)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed
eva:
Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक अव्यय)
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)
bhaktaḥa devotee
bhaktaḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sanātanaḥeternal/true
sanātanaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषणम् (qualifying bhaktaḥ)
Speaker
Brahmā describing qualifications/practices of devotion.