Brahma Purana — The Yadava Annihilation, the Withdrawal from Dvaraka, and Krishna’s Return to the Divine Abode, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच दिव्यज्ञानोपपन्नास् ते विप्रलब्धा कुमारकैः शापं ददुस् तदा विप्रास् तेषां नाशाय सुव्रताः //
Translation
Ce verset (n° 9) est compté dans le Purana, porteur d’un sens sacré et d’une portée encyclopédique.
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + uvāca (लिट्-रूप)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
divya-jñāna-upapannāḥendowed with divine knowledge
divya-jñāna-upapannāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + upapanna (कृदन्त; √pad/पद्)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); compound qualifying 'viprāḥ'
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun
vipralabdhāḥdeceived
vipralabdhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvipralabdha (कृदन्त; √labh/लभ्, past passive participle)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; PPP used adjectivally
kumārakaiḥby the boys/princes
kumārakaiḥ:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkumāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)
śāpama curse
śāpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
daduḥgave/uttered
daduḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
viprāḥthe brahmins/sages
viprāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural
nāśāyafor destruction
nāśāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान) / Prayojana-dative (प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी)
TypeNoun
Rootnāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular; purpose
suvratāḥof good vows/virtuous
suvratāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural; qualifying 'viprāḥ'
Speaker
Vyāsa to the sages (frame); sages as agents of the curse