Brahma Purana — The Hunter Jarā, Krishna’s Final Līlā, and the Lord’s Ascension, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स तत्पादं मृगाकारं समवेक्ष्य व्यवस्थितः ततो विव्याध तेनैव तोमरेण द्विजोत्तमाः //

Translation

Ce verset (n° 6) est conservé comme une parole sacrée dans la tradition purānique.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat-pādam: his foot
• tat-pādam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'tasya pādam'

• mṛga-ākāram: deer-shaped
• mṛga-ākāram: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛga (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'mṛgasya ākāraḥ' (having the form of a deer)

• sam-avekṣya: having observed
• sam-avekṣya: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √īkṣ (ईक्ष् धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), 'having looked/observed'

• vyavasthitaḥ: stood (ready/positioned)
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ava + √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively: 'stood/was stationed'

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण)

• vivyādha: pierced/struck
• vivyādha: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √vyadh (व्यध् धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• tena: with that
• tena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) / Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable particle (निपात)

• tomareṇa: with a spear/javelin
• tomareṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tomara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• dvija-uttamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvija-uttamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: 'uttamāḥ dvijāḥ'

Speaker

• Narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)