Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
अप्सरोयुगम् आख्यातं नदीद्वयम् अतो ऽभवत् ताभ्यां परस्परं चापि ताभ्यां गङ्गासुसंगमः //
Translation
येथे श्लोकाचा मूळ पाठ दिलेला नाही; फक्त “२१” या संख्येवरून अर्थपूर्ण अनुवाद शक्य नाही. कृपया संस्कृत श्लोक पाठवा.
Word by Word
apsaras-yugama pair of apsarases
apsaras-yugam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapsaras (प्रातिपदिक) + yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष (pair of apsarases)
ākhyātamwas called
ākhyātam:
Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootā-khyā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicate adjective ‘was called/declared’
nadī-dvayamtwo rivers
nadī-dvayam:
Karta (कर्ता/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; द्विगु-समासः (two rivers)
ataḥtherefore
ataḥ:
Hetu-bodhaka (हेतुबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootataḥ (अव्यय)
FormCausal adverb (हेतुवाचक-अव्यय) = ‘therefore/thereupon’
abhavatbecame/was
abhavat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
tābhyāmby those two
tābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया)
parasparammutually
parasparam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootparaspara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormReciprocal adverb (परस्परम्-अव्यय) = ‘mutually’
caand
ca:
Samucchaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) = ‘also’
tābhyāmby those two
tābhyām:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया)
gaṅgā-asu-saṃgamaḥa swift meeting with Gaṅgā
gaṅgā-asu-saṃgamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + asu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (gaṅgāyāḥ asu-saṃgamaḥ = swift/quick meeting with Gaṅgā; asu = ‘swift/quick’)
Speaker
Narrator (within Brahmā’s narration)