Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

न्यग्रोधम् एकपर्णं तु पाटलं चैकपाटलाम् अशित्वा त्व् एकपर्णां तु अनिकेतस् तपो ऽचरत् //

Translation

ຂໍ້ພຣະຄຳ (ເລກ 82) ຄວນອ່ານດ້ວຍໃຈສະຫງົບ ແລະປັນຍາ ເພື່ອນົບນ້ອມຕໍ່ທຳມະເກົ່າແກ່.

Word by Word

• nyagrodham: banyan (fruit/food)
• nyagrodham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (accusative), Ekavacana

• ekaparṇam: a single leaf
• ekaparṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + parṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: ekaṃ parṇam

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adversative/contrastive particle (निपात)

• pāṭalam: pāṭala (a plant/leaf)
• pāṭalam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

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

• ekapāṭalām: Ekapāṭalā
• ekapāṭalām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka + pāṭalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; (name)

• aśitvā: having eaten
• aśitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: aś (धातु) + -tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Avyaya-kṛdanta (अव्ययकृदन्त) gerund (क्त्वा); pūrva-kāla-kriyā (prior action)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• ekaparṇām: Ekaparṇā
• ekaparṇām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekaparṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper name

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• aniketaḥ: without a dwelling
• aniketaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an- + niketa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa: niketo nāsti yasya (homeless); used as predicate/epithet

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• acarat: practised/performed
• acarat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (लङ्/Imperfect past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada

Speaker

• Narrated within Brahmā’s account; focuses on the daughters’ ascetic practices.