Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दैत्यः पञ्चजनो नाम शङ्खरूपः स बालकम् जग्राह सो ऽस्ति सलिले ममैवासुरसूदन //

Translation

Ce verset (section 194, strophe 27) est tenu pour une parole sacrée du Purāṇa, digne de vénération et d’étude.

Word by Word

• daityaḥ: a demon (Daitya)
• daityaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• pañcajanaḥ: (named) Pañcajana
• pañcajanaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcajana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nāmadheya (proper name)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; nāmadheyārtha-nipāta (particle indicating name: “by name”)

• śaṅkharūpaḥ: having the form of a conch
• śaṅkharūpaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṅkha + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): “śaṅkhasya rūpam iva/śaṅkharūpaḥ”

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; sarvanāma (pronoun)

• bālakam: the boy
• bālakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana

• jagrāha: seized/took
• jagrāha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• salile: in the water
• salile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle: “indeed/only”)

• asurasūdana: O slayer of demons
• asurasūdana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana; upapada-tatpuruṣa: “asurān sūdayati iti” (slayer of demons)

Speaker

• Ocean speaking to Kṛṣṇa (addressed as āsurasūdana) and Balarāma