Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
दक्ष इत्य् एव नाम्ना त्वं मारिषायां जनिष्यसि कन्यायां शाखिनां चैव प्राप्ते वै चाक्षुषान्तरे //
Translation
हा ब्रह्मपुराणातील एकत्रिंशत्तम श्लोक असून धर्माचा विस्तार करतो; श्रद्धेने पठनीय व श्रवणीय आहे.
Word by Word
dakṣaḥDakṣa
dakṣaḥ:
Sambodhana/Name (नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; name used in quotation/apposition
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (उद्धरण-निपात)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
nāmnāby the name
nāmnā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘by name’
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 2nd person pronoun
māriṣāyāmin Māriṣā
māriṣāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmāriṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in Māriṣā (as mother/womb)’
janiṣyasiyou will be born
janiṣyasi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormSimple future (लृट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada
kanyāyāmin (the) daughter
kanyāyām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the daughter’ (i.e., as daughter’s son)
śākhināmof the Śākhins
śākhinām:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśākhin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; ‘of the Śākhins’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
prāptewhen (it) has arrived
prāpte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) > prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘when arrived’
vaiindeed
vai:
Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
cākṣuṣa-antarein Cākṣuṣa’s period
cākṣuṣa-antare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘in the interval of Cākṣuṣa’
Speaker
Śiva addressing Dakṣa (prophetic/causal speech)