Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

एता मम सुता ज्येष्ठा धर्मसंस्थानहेतवः सर्वासाम् उत्तमां कांचिन् निर्ममे लोकसुन्दरीम् //

Translation

Ce verset ne présente que le numéro « 3 » sans texte sanskrit ; il est donc impossible d’en traduire le sens.

Word by Word

• etāḥ: these (women)
• etāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; genitive pronoun

• sutāḥ: daughters
• sutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• jyeṣṭhāḥ: eldest
• jyeṣṭhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; superlative sense; agreeing with sutāḥ

• dharma-saṃsthāna-hetavaḥ: causes of the establishment of dharma
• dharma-saṃsthāna-hetavaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रधान-नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; तत्पुरुष (dharmasya saṃsthānam—tasya hetavaḥ)

• sarvāsām: of all (of them)
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; genitive plural

• uttamām: excellent
• uttamām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; agreeing with (kāṃcit) lokasundarīm

• kāṃcit: some (one)
• kāṃcit: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; indefinite pronoun (some/any)

• nirmame: I created/formed
• nirmame: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect/लिट्), Uttama-puruṣa (1st/उत्तम), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; with prefix nir- (nirmā-)

• loka-sundarīm: a beauty of the world
• loka-sundarīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष (lokasya sundarī)

Speaker

• Brahmā (implied by 'my daughters' and later 'brahmatīrtha') narrates to Nārada.