Brahma Purana — The Two Vedic Paths: Karma, Knowledge, and the Inner Self (Adhyatma), Shloka 34
Devanagari script
धर्माख्यानेषु सर्वेषु सत्याख्यानेषु यद् वसु दशवर्षसहस्राणि निर्मथ्यामृतम् उद्धृतम् //
Translation
ಇದು ಚತುಸ್ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ತಮ ಶ್ಲೋಕ-ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ; ಮೂಲಶ್ಲೋಕ ಇಲ್ಲ.
Word by Word
dharma-ākhyāneṣuin dharma-narratives
dharma-ākhyāneṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘in narratives of dharma’; Napumsaka, Saptamī (Locative), Bahuvacana
sarveṣuin all
sarveṣu:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Saptamī (Locative), Bahuvacana; qualifying ākhyāneṣu
satya-ākhyāneṣuin truth-narratives
satya-ākhyāneṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootsatya (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘in true narratives’; Napumsaka, Saptamī, Bahuvacana
yatwhich/that
yat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Napumsaka, Prathamā (or Dvitīyā) Ekavacana; relative pronoun correlating with implied tat
vasuessence/treasure
vasu:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate/apposition to amṛtam (sense: essence/wealth)
daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇifor ten thousand years
daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/Time measure)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśa (संख्या) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu-samāsa (द्विगु) numeric compound ‘ten-thousand-years’; Napumsaka, Prathamā (or Dvitīyā) Bahuvacana; adverbial measure of time (kāla-parimāṇa)
nirmathyahaving churned
nirmathya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnirmath (निर्मथ् धातु)
FormKtvānta (क्त्वान्त) absolutive/gerund: ‘having churned/extracted by churning’
amṛtamnectar/ambrosia
amṛtam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootamṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
uddhṛtamis drawn out/extracted
uddhṛtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/result state)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√hṛ (उद्+हृ धातु)
FormBhūta-kṛdanta (भूतकृदन्त) past passive participle (क्त): Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with amṛtam
Speaker
Not specified; proverbial declaration of distilled essence.