Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यदि त्वं दारसंयोगं कृत्वापत्यं गुणोत्तरम् उत्पादयसि तेनास्मान् मुच्येम वयम् एनसः //

Translation

この箇所は「69」を、崇敬されるプラーナにおける偈の番号として示す。

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conditional particle (शर्त/निपात)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuzmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st), Singular

• dāra-saṃyogam: marital union
• dāra-saṃyogam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘dārāṇāṃ saṃyogaḥ’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा); ‘having done/made’

• apatyam: offspring
• apatyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• guṇa-uttaram: excellent in virtues
• guṇa-uttaram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘guṇaiḥ uttaram/śreṣṭham’; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifier of ‘apatyam’

• utpādayasi: you beget/produce
• utpādayasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: utpād (उत्+पद्/पादय् causative; धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; causative sense ‘produce/beget’

• tena: by that/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adverbial ‘thereby’

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Accusative (2nd), Plural

• mucyema: we may be freed
• mucyema: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Optative/benedictive sense (विधिलिङ्), 1st person, Plural; Ātmanepada; passive/intransitive ‘be freed’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st), Plural

• enasaḥ: from sin
• enasaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (Vedic/epic usage also allows genitive-like feel); ‘from sin’

Speaker

• Pitṛs/ancestors urging their descendant to marry and beget worthy progeny.