Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मभूतस्य सततं ब्रह्मर्षिशरणस्य च ब्रह्मा वसति नाभिस्थः शरीरे ऽहं च संस्थितः //
Translation
ഈ ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ മൂല പാഠം ഇവിടെ ലഭ്യമല്ല; അതിനാൽ അർത്ഥാനുസൃത വിവർത്തനം സാധ്യമല്ല. ദയവായി മൂല പാഠം നൽകുക.
Word by Word
brahma-bhūtasyaof one who has become Brahman / Brahman-natured
brahma-bhūtasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (कृदन्त, भू धातु)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मभूतः = ब्रह्मणि/ब्रह्मरूपेण भूतः)
satataṃalways, continually
satataṃ:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsatata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
brahma-ṛṣi-śaraṇasyaof (one who is) the refuge of the Brahmarishis
brahma-ṛṣi-śaraṇasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मर्षीणां शरणम् यस्य/यत्)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vasatidwells
vasati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vas (वस् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
nābhi-sthaḥsituated in the navel
nābhi-sthaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त, √sthā धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नाभौ स्थितः)
śarīrein the body
śarīre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
saṃsthitaḥsituated, established
saṃsthitaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃ-√sthā (स्था धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त, PPP), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Unspecified; the speaker self-references as 'I' (ahaṃ), likely a deity or revered figure within the narrative praising Vishnu’s cosmic form.