Brahma Purana — The Hunter Jarā, Krishna’s Final Līlā, and the Lord’s Ascension, Shloka 1
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच इत्य् उक्तो दारुकः कृष्णं प्रणिपत्य पुनः पुनः प्रदक्षिणं च बहुशः कृत्वा प्रायाद् यथोदितम् //
Translation
അധ്യായം 211-ലെ ആദ്യ ശ്ലോകം—ധർമ്മാർത്ഥമായി പുരാണോക്ത വചനങ്ങൾ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശ്രവിക്കണം।
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)
uktaḥhaving been told/addressed
uktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; of implied passive ‘having been told’)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
dārukaḥDāruka
dārukaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdāruka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
kṛṣṇamKṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
praṇipatyahaving prostrated
praṇipatya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√nam (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bowed down’
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb)
pradakṣiṇamcircumambulation (to the right)
pradakṣiṇam:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Manner)
TypeNoun
Rootpradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (accusative of manner)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
bahuśaḥmany times
bahuśaḥ:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahuśaḥ (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb: many times)
kṛtvāhaving done
kṛtvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु) + क्त्वा
Formअव्ययभाव कृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done’
prāyātdeparted/went forth
prāyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√i (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
yathā-uditamas instructed
yathā-uditam:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/according to)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय) + udita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formअव्ययीभाव समास; ‘as said’; समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्
Speaker
Vyāsa narrates; Dāruka performs reverence toward Kṛṣṇa.