Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
तद् दृष्ट्वा दुष्करं कर्म गौतमीं प्राप्य पावनीम् अस्तुवञ् जगताम् ईशं प्रणयाद् भक्तितः सुराः //
Translation
Syair kelima belas—demikianlah ajaran dharma ini dinyatakan oleh Brahma dalam Brahma Purana.
Word by Word
tatthat (deed/thing)
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), 'having seen'
duṣkaramdifficult
duṣkaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootduṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies karma
karmadeed, act
karma:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
gautamīm(the river) Gautamī
gautamīm:
Karma (कर्म) / Gati-karman (गतिकर्म) with prāpya
TypeNoun
Rootgautamī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); river-name
prāpyahaving reached
prāpya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-āp (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त), 'having reached/attained'
pāvanīmpurifying
pāvanīm:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāvanī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies gautamīm
astuvanpraised
astuvan:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootstu (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
jagatāmof the worlds
jagatām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
īśamthe Lord
īśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
praṇayātfrom affection
praṇayāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootpraṇaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially 'out of affection'
bhaktitaḥfrom devotion
bhaktitaḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially 'out of devotion'
surāḥthe gods
surāḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Narrator; gods praise the Lord (Śiva in context)