Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

महादेवेन यच् छिन्नं ब्रह्मणः पञ्चमं शिरः क्षेत्रे ऽविमुक्ते संस्थाप्य देवतानां हितं कृतम् //

Translation

第22偈：賢者は、聖なる言葉を聴き憶念することが心を鎮め、智慧を明らかにすると説く。

Word by Word

• mahādevena: by Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun referring to the act/thing

• chinnam: cut off
• chinnam: Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (छिद् धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘cut off’

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• pañcamam: fifth
• pañcamam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying śiraḥ

• śiraḥ: head
• śiraḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• avimukte: Avimukta (name of the holy place)
• avimukte: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adjective qualifying kṣetre (Avimukta-kṣetra)

• saṃsthāpya: having installed/placed
• saṃsthāpya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → sthāpaya + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: Gerund (ल्यप्), ‘having established/placed’

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• hitam: welfare/benefit
• hitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘benefit/welfare’

• kṛtam: was done/made
• kṛtam: Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + kta (क्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicate ‘was done’

Speaker

• Narrative voice (mythic explanation attached to a tīrtha)