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
ഈ അധ്യായത്തിലെ എൺപത്തിരണ്ടാം ശ്ലോകം പുണ്യകർമ്മങ്ങളുടെ മഹത്ത്വം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു।
Word by Word
nyagrodhambanyan (fruit/food)
nyagrodham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnyagrodha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (accusative), Ekavacana
ekaparṇama single leaf
ekaparṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka + parṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: ekaṃ parṇam
tubut/indeed
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adversative/contrastive particle (निपात)
pāṭalampāṭala (a plant/leaf)
pāṭalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāṭala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
ekapāṭalāmEkapāṭalā
ekapāṭalām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka + pāṭalā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; (name)
aśitvāhaving eaten
aśitvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootaś (धातु) + -tvā (क्त्वा)
FormAvyaya-kṛdanta (अव्ययकृदन्त) gerund (क्त्वा); pūrva-kāla-kriyā (prior action)
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
ekaparṇāmEkaparṇā
ekaparṇām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootekaparṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; proper name
tubut/indeed
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle
aniketaḥwithout a dwelling
aniketaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootan- + niketa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; nañ-tatpuruṣa: niketo nāsti yasya (homeless); used as predicate/epithet
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
acaratpractised/performed
acarat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootcar (धातु)
FormLaṅ lakāra (लङ्/Imperfect past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana, Parasmaipada
Speaker
Narrated within Brahmā’s account; focuses on the daughters’ ascetic practices.