Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

मृगीभूता तु सा बाला मृगो ऽहम् अभवं तदा मृगव्याधो ऽभवच् छंभुर् धर्मसंरक्षणाय च //

Translation

Ce verset expose le dharma et la parole sacrée transmise par le Purana.

Word by Word

• mṛgībhūtā: having become a doe
• mṛgībhūtā: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-अन्वय; predicate of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛgī-bhūta (कृदन्त; मृगī + √bhū)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; Kta-participle (क्त) of √bhū with upapada mṛgī-; adjectival predicate

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta/particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• bālā: the girl
• bālā: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to sā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana

• mṛgaḥ: a deer
• mṛgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; predicate-noun of aham)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Uttama-puruṣa pronoun; Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana

• abhavam: became
• abhavam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्; imperfect/past), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Kāla-avyaya (काल-अव्यय; temporal adverb)

• mṛgavyādhaḥ: deer-hunter
• mṛgavyādhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛga + vyādha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (मृगाणां व्याधः)

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्; imperfect/past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• śambhuḥ: Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to mṛgavyādhaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; proper name (Śiva)

• dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya: for the protection of dharma
• dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन; purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + saṃrakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Caturthī (Dat. 4), Ekavacana; Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (धर्मस्य संरक्षणम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya (समुच्चय; conjunction)

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates; Śiva appears as dharma-protector within the story.