Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच एतच् छ्रुत्वा ततो गोपा वज्रपातोपमं वचः गोप्यश् च त्वरिता जग्मुर् यशोदाप्रमुखा ह्रदम् //
Translation
Ce verset (20) conclut que vénérer le Dharma et écouter le Purāṇa mène à la connaissance et au détachement pur.
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having heard’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (अव्यय)
gopāḥcowherd men
gopāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgopa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
vajra-pāta-upamamlike a thunderbolt’s blow
vajra-pāta-upamam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvajra+pāta+upama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘like a thunderbolt-strike’ qualifying vacaḥ
vacaḥwords/speech
vacaḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootvacas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
gopyaḥcowherd women
gopyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootgopī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable conjunction (अव्यय)
tvaritāḥhastened/quick
tvaritāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottvarita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective of gopyaḥ
jagmuḥwent
jagmuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
yaśodā-pramukhāḥwith Yaśodā at the head
yaśodā-pramukhāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyaśodā+pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष ‘having Yaśodā as foremost’ qualifying gopyaḥ
hradamto the lake
hradam:
Karma (कर्म/Goal as object of motion)
TypeNoun
Roothrada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Vyāsa narrating to his listener (frame not provided in the excerpt); describes cowherds and gopīs led by Yaśodā