Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

रावणस्य वधार्थाय हत्वा वालिं मनोजवम् अभिषिक्तश् च सुग्रीवो युवराजो ऽङ्गदस् तथा //

Translation

この偈（40）は、ダルマと真実に堅く立つ者は至高の目的と解脱に到ると結ぶ。

Word by Word

• rāvaṇasya: of Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/सम्बन्ध), Ekavacana

• vadha-arthāya: for (his) killing
• vadha-arthāya: Prayojana/Sampradāna (प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Caturthī (4th/सम्प्रदान), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘for the purpose of killing’

• hatvā: having killed
• hatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having slain’

• vālinam: Vāli
• vālinam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd/कर्म), Ekavacana (normalized from vāliṃ)

• mano-javam: swift as thought
• mano-javam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas + java (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘swift as mind’; qualifies vālinam

• abhiṣiktaḥ: anointed
• abhiṣiktaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi + sic (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) from √sic with abhi-; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; predicate adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• sugrīvaḥ: Sugrīva
• sugrīvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana

• yuvarājaḥ: crown prince
• yuvarājaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvarāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘young king/crown prince’

• aṅgadaḥ: Aṅgada
• aṅgadaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Samuccaya/Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates