Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्त्वा स तु धर्मात्मा प्रणिपत्य मुहुर् मुहुः ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरम् आसाद्य कृताञ्जलिर् अभाषत //

Translation

ഈ പദ്യത്തിന്റെ മൂല സംസ്കൃത പാഠം ലഭ്യമല്ല; ‘29’ എന്ന സംഖ്യ മാത്രം. മൂല ശ്ലോകം ലഭിച്ചാൽ എല്ലാ ഭാഷകളിലും വിവർത്തനം നൽകാം.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyopasaṃhāra (वाक्य-उपसंहार/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (iti-avyaya)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), indeclinable; prior action

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

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), adversative/emphatic

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

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pat (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (lyap), indeclinable; prior action; sense: 'having prostrated'

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Frequency adverb (punarāvṛtti-avyaya)

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Frequency adverb (reduplication for emphasis)

• jyeṣṭham: elder
• jyeṣṭham: Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with bhrātaram

• bhrātaram: brother
• bhrātaram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• āsādya: having approached
• āsādya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (lyap), indeclinable; 'having approached/reached'

• kṛta-añjaliḥ: with folded hands
• kṛta-añjaliḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + kta) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'kṛto añjaliḥ yena saḥ' (with hands joined)

• abhāṣata: he spoke
• abhāṣata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (imperfect/past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada

Speaker

• Narrator describes Vibhīṣaṇa approaching his elder brother Rāvaṇa (identified next verse).