Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पुराध्यक्षः स्थितः श्रीमान् धर्मात्मा स विभीषणः रावणस्यानुजो मन्त्री नारायणपरायणः //

Translation

ഇവിടെ ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ മൂലപാഠം ഇല്ല; ‘26’ എന്ന സംഖ്യ മാത്രം. ദയവായി സംസ്കൃത പാഠം നൽകുക, അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ശരിയായ വിവർത്തനം നൽകാം.

Word by Word

• pura-adhyakṣaḥ: the superintendent of the city
• pura-adhyakṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक) + adhyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): 'purasya adhyakṣaḥ'

• sthitaḥ: standing / stationed
• sthitaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धाातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with subject

• śrīmān: glorious / illustrious
• śrīmān: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; matup-anta adjective

• dharmātmā: righteous-souled
• dharmātmā: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: 'yasya ātmā dharmaḥ saḥ'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun

• rāvaṇasya: of Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive, 6th), Ekavacana

• anujaḥ: younger brother
• anujaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• mantrī: minister / counsellor
• mantrī: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; i-stem (mantrī)

• nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'nārāyaṇe parāyaṇaḥ' (devoted to Nārāyaṇa)

Speaker

• Narrator introducing/characterizing Vibhishana within the Lanka narrative.