Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

शार्ङ्गचक्रायुधः खड्गी सर्वनागरिपुध्वजः उत्तमेन सुशीलेन शौचेन च दमेन च //

Translation

Ce verset ne présente que le numéro « 23 » sans texte sanskrit ; il est donc impossible d’en traduire le sens.

Word by Word

• śārṅga-cakra-āyudhaḥ: whose weapons are the Śārṅga bow and the discus
• śārṅga-cakra-āyudhaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śārṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (शार्ङ्गं चक्रं च आयुधानि यस्य)

• khaḍgī: sword-bearing
• khaḍgī: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); possessive adjective with -in (इन्-प्रत्यय)

• sarva-nāgarīpu-dhvajaḥ: having a banner/standard revered by all (reading uncertain)
• sarva-nāgarīpu-dhvajaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāgarīpu (प्रातिपदिक; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (सर्व-नागरīपु-ध्वजः = whose banner/mark is (honoured by) all citizens/people; मध्यपद nāgarīpu uncertain)

• uttamena: by excellence / with the best (quality)
• uttamena: Karaṇa (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine (नपुं/पुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• suśīlena: with good conduct
• suśīlena: Karaṇa (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine (नपुं/पुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• śaucena: with purity
• śaucena: Karaṇa (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• damena: with self-control
• damena: Karaṇa (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Speaker

• Unspecified; hymn-like enumeration of Vishnu’s martial insignia and ethical virtues.