Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
तच्छिरः पतितं तत्र दृष्ट्वा काशिपतेः पुरे जनः किम् एतद् इत्य् आह केनेत्य् अत्यन्तविस्मितः //
Translation
Le verset (28) n’indique que le numéro et ne donne pas le texte sanskrit ; on ne peut donc pas fournir de traduction.
Word by Word
tat-śiraḥthat head
tat-śiraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of ‘patitam’)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; ‘that head’ (contextually: the head)
patitamfallen
patitam:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Root√pat (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative ‘fallen’
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb of place
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त)
kāśi-pateḥof the lord of Kāśī
kāśi-pateḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of the lord of Kāśī’
purein the city
pure:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootpurī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
janaḥthe people
janaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (collective)
kimwhat?
kim:
Karma (कर्म/Object of speech)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/Object of speech)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
āhasaid
āha:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada
kenaby whom?/with what?
kena:
Karana (करण/Instrument in question)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (Masculine/Neuter)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
atyanta-vismitaḥextremely astonished
atyanta-vismitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootatyanta (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vismita (√smi/vis-√mi? + क्त; प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘extremely astonished’ qualifying janaḥ
Speaker
Citizens of Kāśī speaking among themselves (reported speech).