Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 63
Devanagari script
एवं मया त्व् अनन्तो ऽसौ कीर्तितो मुनिसत्तमाः कः शक्नोति गुणान् वक्तुं तस्य वर्षशतैर् अपि //
Translation
176.63 ശ്ലോകത്തിന്റെ സംസ്കൃത മൂലം നൽകിയിട്ടില്ല; ദയവായി ശ്ലോകപാഠം അയയ്ക്കുക, തുടർന്ന് പവിത്രവും വ്യാഖ്യാനസഹിതവും ആയ വിവർത്തനം നൽകാം।
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (प्रकार-अव्यय)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
anantaḥAnanta (the Infinite)
anantaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootananta (अनन्त प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper epithet/name
asauthat (one)
asau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasau (असौ सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
kīrtitaḥpraised/declared
kīrtitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; 'has been praised/mentioned'
muni-sattamāḥO best sages
muni-sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (सत्तम प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन); address to sages: 'best of sages'
kaḥwho
kaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; interrogative pronoun
śaknotiis able
śaknoti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śak (शक् धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
guṇānqualities
guṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (गुण प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaktumto describe
vaktum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्), 'to speak'
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
varṣa-śataiḥeven with hundreds of years
varṣa-śataiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (वर्ष प्रातिपदिक) + śata (शत प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); 'by hundreds of years' (time-span as instrument)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) meaning 'even/also'
Speaker
Brahmā (or the main narrator in Brahmā’s voice) addressing sages