Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सर्वा यशोदया सार्धं विशामो ऽत्र महाह्रदे नागराजस्य नो गन्तुम् अस्माकं युज्यते व्रजे //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 26) est conservé comme repère de numérotation dans la tradition sacrée du Purana.

Word by Word

• sarvāḥ: all (of us women)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• yaśodayā: with Yaśodā
• yaśodayā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśodā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (singular)

• sārdham: together (with)
• sārdham: Sahārtha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; upapada meaning 'together with' (सह-अर्थे)

• viśāmaḥ: we enter
• viśāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• mahā-hrade: in the great lake
• mahā-hrade: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + hrada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (locative, 7th), Ekavacana; compound = 'great lake'

• nāga-rājasya: of the serpent-king
• nāga-rājasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī): 'king of serpents'

• naḥ: for us / to us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative, 2nd) / Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive, 6th) Bahuvacana; here as dative-like beneficiary in prohibition (colloquial Vedic/classical usage)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana/Anukriyā (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Tumunanta (infinitive, तुमुन्), 'to go'

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana

• yujyate: is proper
• yujyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; ātmanepada; impersonal sense 'is proper/fits'

• vraje: in Vraja
• vraje: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vraja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (locative, 7th), Ekavacana

Speaker

• Gopīs (collectively) expressing resolve, with Yaśodā included