Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
शिरोमात्रं तु यः पश्येत् स गच्छेद् ब्रह्मणः पदम् यत्र स्थित्वा स्वयं रुद्रो लूनवान् ब्रह्मणः शिरः //
Translation
Ce verset (19) conclut que le sage doit garder la discipline et étudier les Écritures afin d’atteindre le but suprême.
Word by Word
śiraḥ-mātramonly the head
śiraḥ-mātram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); 'only the head'
tubut, indeed
tu:
Sambandha/Contrast (सम्बन्ध/विरोध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
yaḥwhoever
yaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
paśyetmay see
paśyet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
gacchetwould go, may attain
gacchet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
padamabode, state
padam:
Karma (कर्म) (goal)
TypeNoun
Rootpada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
FormRelative adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
sthitvāhaving stood
sthitvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), 'having stood/remained'
svayamhimself
svayam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (स्वयम्-निपात)
rudraḥRudra (Śiva)
rudraḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
lūnavāncut off
lūnavān:
Kartā (कर्ता) (agent as participle)
TypeVerb
Rootlū (धातु)
FormPerfect active participle (क्तवतु/क्तवन्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rudraḥ
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
śiraḥhead
śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Narrator