Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

ज्येष्ठा च सा भवित्री ते अन्ये चात्र ततः शुभे //

Translation

Le verset (80) exprime la sacralité selon la tradition ancienne, afin que le lecteur la médite.

Word by Word

• jyeṣṭhā: eldest
• jyeṣṭhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of sā

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun

• bhavitrī: will be (one who will become)
• bhavitrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (धातु) + -tṛ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; future agent noun

• te: your/of you
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (षष्ठी/6th, genitive), Ekavacana; enclitic form

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• tataḥ: thereafter/then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning 'then/thereafter/from that'

• śubhe: O auspicious lady
• śubhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

Speaker

• Brahmā to Girirāja (Himālaya).