Brahma Purana — Devagama Tirtha on the Godavari: Devas, Asuras, and the Victory through Hari-Hara, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

यत्र देवागमो जातस् तत् तीर्थं तेन विश्रुतम् देवागमं प्रशंसन्ति मुनयस् तत्त्वदर्शिनः //

Translation

Le verset (160.21) ne fournit pas le texte sanskrit; il est donc impossible d’en donner une traduction fidèle et sacrée.

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय), locative sense ‘where’

• devāgamaḥ: Devāgama (name/‘arrival of the gods’)
• devāgamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• jātaḥ: arisen / born
• jātaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + ta (कृत्, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate adjective with ‘devāgamaḥ’

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; demonstrative qualifying ‘tīrtham’

• tīrtham: sacred ford / pilgrimage place
• tīrtham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular

• tena: by that / therefore
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular; refers to the cause/means

• viśrutam: well-known / renowned
• viśrutam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-śru (धातु) + ta (कृत्, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular; predicate with ‘tīrtham’

• devāgamam: Devāgama
• devāgamam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• praśaṃsanti: praise
• praśaṃsanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural

• tattvadarśinaḥ: knowers/seers of truth
• tattvadarśinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tattva + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; adjective qualifying ‘munayaḥ’

Speaker

• Narrative voice continues (context implies instruction to Nārada in the surrounding passage).