Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
तां दृष्ट्वा विकृता बुद्धिर् ममासीन् मुनिसत्तम गृह्यमाणा मया बाला सा मां दृष्ट्वा पलायिता //
Translation
ചതുർത്ഥ ശ്ലോകം—ഈ പുരാണം പുണ്യപ്രദവും പാപക്ഷയകരവും എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു।
Word by Word
tāmher
tām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (absolutive/क्त्वान्त), pūrvakāla-kriyā
vikṛtādisturbed/altered
vikṛtā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvikṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु-निष्पन्न)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally; agreeing with buddhiḥ
buddhiḥmind/intellect
buddhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; genitive pronoun
āsītwas
āsīt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṅ (Imperfect/Past/लङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
muni-sattamaO best of sages
muni-sattama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; कर्मधारय (muniḥ sattamaḥ)
gṛhyamāṇābeing seized/taken
gṛhyamāṇā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु)
FormŚatṛ/Śānac (present passive participle/शानच्), Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; Karmaṇi (being seized)
mayāby me
mayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormTṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrumental pronoun
bālāthe girl
bālā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbālā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
māmme
mām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; object pronoun
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
FormKtvā-pratyaya (absolutive/क्त्वान्त), pūrvakāla-kriyā
palāyitāfled/ran away
palāyitā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpalāy (धातु)
FormKta (past participle/क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; used predicatively (she had fled)
Speaker
Brahmā narrates to Nārada (address: munisattama).