Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
यावत् त्वं जीवसे विप्र तावद् एव वयं स्थिताः मृते त्वयि गमिष्यामो नरकं पापचेतसः //
Translation
ഈ അധ്യായത്തിലെ അറുപത്തെട്ടാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂലശ്ലോകപാഠം ഇവിടെ നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; അതിനാൽ സംഖ്യ മാത്രം സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
yāvatas long as
yāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyāvat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; temporal correlator (यावत्—तावत्), adverbial ‘as long as’
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuzmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine/Generic, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
jīvaselive
jīvase:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjīv (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada
vipraO brāhmaṇa
vipra:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
tāvatso long
tāvat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottāvat (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; correlative of यावत्; adverbial ‘so long/that long’
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात) of emphasis/limitation
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sthitāḥremain/are staying
sthitāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/कृत); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; used predicatively with implied ‘are’
mṛtewhen (you are) dead
mṛte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त); Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; agreeing with ‘tvayi’ (सप्तमी absolute sense)
tvayiin/when you
tvayi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuzmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
gamiṣyāmaḥwe will go
gamiṣyāmaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormFuture tense (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural; Parasmaipada
narakamto hell
narakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnaraka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
pāpa-cetasaḥof sinful mind / sinful-minded
pāpa-cetasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pāpaṃ cetas yasya/yeṣām’; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; qualifier of ‘vayam’
Speaker
Pitṛs/ancestors speaking to a brāhmaṇa-descendant (addressed as vipra).