Brahma Purana — The Yadava Annihilation, the Withdrawal from Dvaraka, and Krishna’s Return to the Divine Abode, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पिबतां तत्र वै तेषां संघर्षेण परस्परम् यादवानां ततो जज्ञे कलहाग्निः क्षयावहः //

Translation

Pour ce verset (chap. 210, v. 39), le texte sanskrit n’est pas fourni ici; il est donc impossible d’en donner une traduction exacte.

Word by Word

• pibatām: (while) they were drinking
• pibatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धाातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा-बहुवचनस्य (3rd person plural) आदेशरूपम्; वर्तमानकाले ‘drinking’ (present participial sense via finite form in narrative)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saṃgharṣeṇa: by (their) friction/clashing
• saṃgharṣeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgharṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन (Singular)

• parasparam: mutually
• parasparam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्पर-शब्दस्य क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोग (reciprocal adverb)

• yādavānām: of the Yādavas
• yādavānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tataḥ: thereupon/from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/हेतुवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (from that/thereupon)

• jajñe: was born/arose
• jajñe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• kalaha-agniḥ: the fire of quarrel (strife-fire)
• kalaha-agniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaha (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कलहस्य अग्निः)

• kṣaya-āvahaḥ: bringing destruction
• kṣaya-āvahaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āvaha (प्रातिपदिक from √vah with ā-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन (Singular); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (क्षयं आवहति इति)

Speaker

• Narrator describing the escalation at Prabhāsa.