Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
वासुदेवं समादाय यानं पुष्पकम् आरुहत् लीलया समनुप्रापद् अयोध्यां पूर्वपालिताम् //
Translation
നാല്പത്തിയേഴാം ശ്ലോകം—മൂലപാഠം ഇല്ലാതെ യഥാർത്ഥ അർത്ഥനിർണ്ണയം സാധ്യമല്ല. ദയവായി ശരിയായ ശ്ലോകം നൽകുക.
Word by Word
vāsudevamVāsudeva
vāsudevam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samādāyahaving taken
samādāya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-dā (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having taken/bringing along’
yānamvehicle
yānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
puṣpakamPuṣpaka (aerial car)
puṣpakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṣpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to yānam
āruhatmounted/ascended
āruhat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-ruh (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
līlayāplayfully, with ease
līlayā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa / Karaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootlīlā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial use
samanuprāpatreached/arrived at
samanuprāpat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-anu-pra-āp (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ayodhyāmAyodhyā
ayodhyām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootayodhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
pūrvapālitāmformerly protected/ruled
pūrvapālitām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + pālita (कृदन्त)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘previously protected’; past passive participle (क्त) ‘pālita’ qualifying ayodhyām; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator relating the Rāma story to an audience (likely sages/Brāhmaṇas in-frame).