Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

शङ्कितो मृगरूपेण सौवर्णेन च रावणः ततः क्रुद्धेन रामेण रणे सौमित्रिणा सह //

Translation

Le verset (39) enseigne qu’écouter, mémoriser et mettre en pratique la parole sacrée purifie l’esprit et illumine la sagesse.

Word by Word

• śaṅkitaḥ: suspicious, alarmed
• śaṅkitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṅkita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) from √śaṅk ‘to suspect/fear’; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; qualifies rāvaṇaḥ

• mṛga-rūpeṇa: in deer-form
• mṛga-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (rūpa), Tṛtīyā (3rd/करण), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘in the form of a deer’

• sauvarṇena: golden
• sauvarṇena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sauvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/masculine adjective used substantively; Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; agrees with rūpeṇa (instrumental)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• rāvaṇaḥ: Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘then/from there’ (here: ‘then’)

• kruddhena: angered
• kruddhena: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past participle from √krudh; Masculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; qualifies rāmeṇa

• rāmeṇa: by/with Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (सहकारी/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd/करण), Ekavacana; instrumental of agent/association

• raṇe: in battle
• raṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Saptamī (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana

• saumitriṇā: with Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)
• saumitriṇā: Sahakārī (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumitri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; ‘son of Sumitrā’ = Lakṣmaṇa

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; postposition ‘with’ governing instrumental

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates