Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 66
Devanagari script
पितर ऊचुः वयं ते कृतपुण्यस्य पितरः सपितामहाः प्रपितामहाश् च क्लिश्यामस् तव दुष्टेन कर्मणा //
Translation
Le verset (chap. 34, v. 66) s’inscrit dans l’exposé puranique et enseigne la vertu et le devoir.
Word by Word
pitaraḥthe fathers/manes
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ūcuḥsaid
ūcuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada; 3rd person, Plural
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form1st person pronoun; Nominative, Plural
teof you/your
te:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (or Dative singular by context; here ‘of you’ fits with kṛtapuṇyasya)
kṛta-puṇyasyaof the virtuous (one)
kṛta-puṇyasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular; Tatpuruṣa (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव): ‘whose merit is done/accumulated’ = ‘virtuous’
pitaraḥfathers
pitaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; in apposition to vayam
sa-pitāmahāḥalong with (our) grandfathers
sa-pitāmahāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsa (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; Avyayībhāva: ‘together with grandfathers’
prapitāmahāḥgreat-grandfathers
prapitāmahāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprapitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
kliśyāmaḥwe suffer/are afflicted
kliśyāmaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kliś (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada; 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural
tavaof you/your
tava:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form2nd person pronoun; Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular
duṣṭenaby evil
duṣṭena:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootduṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular; adjective qualifying karmaṇā
karmaṇāby (your) deed/action
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular
Speaker
Pitṛs (ancestors) reply to the brāhmaṇa; they identify themselves as the questioner’s paternal line (three generations).