Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

आस्फोटयाम् आस तदा कृष्णो नागह्रदं भुजैः तच्छब्दश्रवणाच् चाथ नागराजो ऽभ्युपागमत् //

Translation

Ce verset (14) affirme que celui qui pratique le Dharma avec sincérité obtient la paix et une protection contre le mal.

Word by Word

• āsphoṭayām: (he) slapped/struck repeatedly
• āsphoṭayām: Kriya (क्रिया; with āsa as auxiliary)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+sphoṭ (धातु)
• Form: Desiderative/Intensive? here: periphrastic construction with ‘āsa’; form is 1st Person? Actually used as verbal noun/infinitival in periphrastic perfect: ‘āsphoṭayām āsa’ = ‘kept slapping/striking’; treat as periphrastic perfect base (नामधातु/कृदन्त-आमन्त)

• āsa: did/was (auxiliary)
• āsa: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); auxiliary with preceding action-form

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय-कालवाचक)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• nāga-hradam: the serpent-lake
• nāga-hradam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga+hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘serpent-lake’

• bhujaiḥ: with (his) arms
• bhujaiḥ: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tat-śabda-śravaṇāt: from hearing that sound
• tat-śabda-śravaṇāt: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad+śabda+śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘from hearing that sound’

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

• atha: then
• atha: Kriya-anukrama (क्रियानुक्रम/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle/adverb (अव्यय) indicating sequence

• nāgarājaḥ: the serpent-king
• nāgarājaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga+rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘king of serpents’

• abhyupāgamat: approached/came near
• abhyupāgamat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi+upa+gam (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

• Narrator voice (Vyāsa’s narration continues through the episode); no direct speech in this verse