Brahma Purana — Nārada Requests the Sequential Fruits of Tīrthas; The Origins of Tryambaka and Vārāha Tīrthas, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तानि वक्ष्यामि संक्षेपान् नमस्कृत्वा त्रिलोचनम् यत्रासौ भगवान् आसीत् प्रत्यक्षस् त्र्यम्बको मुने //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 5) célèbre le Dharma et présente un savoir religieux digne de vénération.

Word by Word

• tāni: those (things)
• tāni: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• saṃkṣepān: in brief, briefly
• saṃkṣepān: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial accusative: 'briefly')

• namaskṛtvā: having saluted
• namaskṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• trilocanam: the three-eyed one (Śiva)
• trilocanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive: 'one who has three eyes'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• asau: that (he)
• asau: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• pratyakṣaḥ: visible, manifest
• pratyakṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• tryambakaḥ: Tryambaka (Śiva)
• tryambakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + ambaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive epithet: 'three-eyed'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

• Brahmā to Nārada