Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 64
Devanagari script
गर्तायां वीरणस्तम्बे लम्बमानांस् तदा मुनीन् अपश्यद् आर्तो दुःखार्तांस् तान् अपृच्छच् च स द्विजः //
Translation
ഈ ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ മൂല സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; അതിനാൽ യഥാർത്ഥ വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല।
Word by Word
gartāyāmin the pit
gartāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgartā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular
vīraṇa-stambeon/in the vīraṇa-grass clump
vīraṇa-stambe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvīraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + stamba (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): vīraṇasya stambaḥ ‘clump/pillar of vīraṇa-grass’
lambamānānhanging
lambamānān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootlamb (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
FormPresent active participle; Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); from √lamb (लम्बने)
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; time adverb (कालवाचक)
munīnsages
munīn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural
apaśyatsaw
apaśyat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada; 3rd person, Singular; with prefix apa-
ārtaḥdistressed
ārtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootārta (प्रातिपदिक; √ṛ + kta in sense)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective ‘distressed’ qualifying dvijaḥ
duḥkha-ārtānafflicted with sorrow
duḥkha-ārtān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootduḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural; Karmadhāraya: duḥkhena ārtāḥ ‘distressed by sorrow’
tānthose (them)
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Accusative, Plural
apṛcchatasked
apṛcchat:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√ch (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada; 3rd person, Singular; with prefix apa-
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
dvijaḥthe brahmin
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
Kaśyapa narrates; the brāhmaṇa becomes the immediate questioner of the suffering beings.