Brahma Purana — The Five Sacred River-Tirthas: Savitri, Gayatri, Shraddha, Medha, and Sarasvati, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
तत्कर्मणो निवृत्तो ऽहं प्रादां कन्यां विवस्वते सावित्र्याद्याः पञ्च सुता नदीरूपेण संगताः //
Translation
അഷ്ടമ ശ്ലോകം—ധർമ്മം സർവ്വത്തിന്റെയും മൂലമാണ്; അതിനാൽ അതിനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കരുത്।
Word by Word
tatkarmaṇaḥfrom that deed
tatkarmaṇaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान; source)
TypeNoun
Roottat + karman (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Pañcamī (Abl. 5), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘from that act/deed’
nivṛttaḥdesisted/turned back
nivṛttaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-अन्वय; predicate of aham)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-√vṛt (धातु)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; Kta-participle (क्त) of ni-√vṛt ‘to desist/turn back’
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana
prādāmgave
prādām:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dā (धातु)
FormLaṅ (लङ्; imperfect/past), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada
kanyāma maiden/daughter
kanyām:
Karma (कर्म; object given)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana
vivasvateto Vivasvān (Sun)
vivasvate:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान; recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootvivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Caturthī (Dat. 4), Ekavacana; proper name (Sun-god)
sāvitryādyāḥ(those) beginning with Sāvitrī
sāvitryādyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsāvitrī + ādi (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘beginning with Sāvitrī’ (आदि-समास)
pañcafive
pañca:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; quantifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpañca (अव्यय/संख्या)
FormSaṅkhyā-avyaya (numeral)
sutāḥsons/children
sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition to sāvitryādyāḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Bahuvacana
nadīrūpeṇain river-form
nadīrūpeṇa:
Karaṇa/Prakāra (करण/प्रकार; manner)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘in the form of a river’; instrumental of manner
saṃgatāḥassembled/came together
saṃgatāḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-अन्वय; predicate of sāvitryādyāḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√gam (धातु)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Bahuvacana; Kta-participle (क्त) of sam-√gam ‘to come together/assemble’
Speaker
Brahmā narrates to Nārada.