Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
श्रीशंकर उवाच यस्माद् अवमता दक्ष सहसैवागता सती प्रशस्ताश् चेतराः सर्वास् त्वत्सुता भर्तृभिः सह //
Translation
ഇരുപത്തിയേഴാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂല പാഠം ഇല്ലാത്തതിനാൽ ഇവിടെ ക്രമസംഖ്യാ സൂചന മാത്രം ഉണ്ട്।
Word by Word
śrī-śaṃkaraḥŚrī Śaṅkara
śrī-śaṃkaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: honorific ‘Śrī-Śaṅkara’
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
yasmātbecause/from the fact that
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; relative pronoun
avamatāwas insulted
avamatā:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative state)
TypeVerb
Rootava-man (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate: ‘insulted/disrespected’
dakṣaO Dakṣa
dakṣa:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
sahasāsuddenly/impetuously
sahasā:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsahasā (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण/Adverb: ‘suddenly/impetuously’
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/particle (emphasis)
āgatācame
āgatā:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative action)
TypeVerb
Rootā-gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate: ‘having come’
satīSatī
satī:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsatī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
praśastāḥare praised/excellent
praśastāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootpraśasta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; predicate adjective
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय/conjunction
itarāḥthe others
itarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootitara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; contrasts with satī
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agrees with itarāḥ/tvatsutāḥ
tvat-sutāḥyour daughters
tvat-sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottvat (प्रातिपदिक) + sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): ‘your daughters’
bhartṛbhiḥwith (their) husbands
bhartṛbhiḥ:
Sahakari (सहकारी/Association)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakari (सहकारी/Association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
Formसह-अव्यय (association marker)
Speaker
Śaṅkara (Śiva) addressing Dakṣa