Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततो वै व्याहृतो दक्षो रुद्रं सो ऽभ्यशपत् पुनः //

Translation

Le verset (33) de ce Purāṇa est présenté comme une parole sacrée, destinée à éclairer le dharma et guider la conduite.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb); अर्थे—ततः = thereafter

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/emphasis)

• vyāhṛtaḥ: having been addressed/uttered
• vyāhṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate to dakṣaḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ā-√hṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग—‘having been uttered/called’

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rudram: Rudra
• rudram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• abhyaśapat: cursed
• abhyaśapat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√śap (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

• Narrator summarizing Dakṣa’s action; Dakṣa is the curser, Rudra the target