Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तां समाराध्य सुचिरं यतवाक्कायमानसः वृत्राद्यान् असुरान् क्रूरान् नमुचिप्रमुखान् स च //

Translation

Le verset (176.14) est conservé par la tradition comme texte pour l’étude et la pratique dévotionnelle.

Word by Word

• tām: that (image)
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• samārādhya: having worshipped
• samārādhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā√rādh (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta, Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), “having duly worshipped”

• suciram: for a long time
• suciram: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-कालय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su-cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया), “for a long time”

• yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ: one with restrained speech, body, and mind
• yata-vāk-kāya-mānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound बहुव्रीहि: “whose speech, body, and mind are restrained”; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies implied subject (शक्रः)

• vṛtra-ādyān: beginning with Vṛtra
• vṛtra-ādyān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛtra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास: वृत्रः आदिः येषाम्); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies असुरान्

• asurān: asuras/demons
• asurān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• krūrān: cruel
• krūrān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adjective, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies असुरान्

• namuci-pramukhān: having Namuci as chief
• namuci-pramukhān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namuci (प्रातिपदिक) + pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound तत्पुरुष (प्रमुख-समास: नमुचिः प्रमुखः येषाम्); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies असुरान्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

Speaker

• Narrator continuing Indra’s story