Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
एवं सा प्रतिमा दिव्या गुह्यमन्त्रैस् तदा स्वयम् प्रतिष्ठाकालम् आसाद्य मयासौ निर्मिता पुरा //
Translation
ខគម្ពីរនេះ (១៧៦.១១) ត្រូវបានរាប់ថាជាវចនៈបរិសុទ្ធក្នុងព្រះពុរាណ។
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), manner-adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
sāshe/that (f.)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
pratimāimage/idol
pratimā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpratimā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
divyādivine
divyā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdjective (विशेषण), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with प्रतिमा
guhya-mantraiḥwith secret mantras
guhya-mantraiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootguhya (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCompound (समास) कर्मधारय; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-कालय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), time-adverb (कालवाचक)
svayamby oneself
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निजत्व)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), reflexive/emphatic (स्वार्थ/निजवाचक)
pratiṣṭhā-kālamthe time of consecration
pratiṣṭhā-kālam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormCompound (समास) तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: प्रतिष्ठायाः कालः); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
āsādyahaving reached/attained
āsādya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā√sad (धातु)
FormKṛdanta (कृदन्त), Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), “having reached/obtained”
mayāby me
mayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
asauthat (f.)
asau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); deictic “that (yonder)”
nirmitāmade/constructed
nirmitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootnir√mā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with प्रतिमा
purāformerly/once
purā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण-कालय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), time-adverb (कालवाचक)
Speaker
First-person narrator claiming authorship/agency in the icon’s making and consecration