Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

बलराम उवाच किम् अयं देवदेवेश भावो ऽयं मानुषस् त्वया व्यज्यते स्वं तम् आत्मानं किम् अन्यं त्वं न वेत्सि यत् //

Translation

この偈（第30）は、聖なる言葉の伝承を守るための、プラーナ伝統における連番である。

Word by Word

• balarāmaḥ: Balarāma
• balarāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balarāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (perfect), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• kim: why?/what?
• kim: Praśna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya-like interrogative used as particle (प्रश्नार्थक)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• deva-deveśa: O Lord of the gods
• deva-deveśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana vibhakti (vocative), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'Lord of gods'

• bhāvaḥ: state/attitude
• bhāvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• ayam: this
• ayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• mānuṣaḥ: human
• mānuṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; predicate adjective to bhāvaḥ

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartṛ (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• vyajyate: is manifested
• vyajyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-añj/vi-aj (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; ātmanepada; passive/impersonal sense 'is manifested'

• svam: one's own
• svam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; reflexive adjective qualifying ātmānam

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• ātmānam: self
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• kim: why?/what?
• kim: Praśna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative particle (प्रश्नार्थक)

• anyam: another
• anyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; qualifying implied 'ātmānam' or 'someone else'

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• yat: that/which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative particle used as conjunction (यत्-सम्बन्ध) introducing clause

Speaker

• Balarāma addressing Kṛṣṇa