Brahma Purana — Bhakti, Worship, and the Arkasaptamī Vow: Ritual Protocols for Sūrya, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
नाभ्यसूयेत तद्भक्तान् न निन्द्याच् चान्यदेवताम् आदित्यव्रतचारी च स वै भक्ततरो नरः //
Translation
Ayat ini hanya memaparkan nombor “12”; teks Sanskrit tidak diberikan, maka makna tidak dapat diterjemahkan dengan tepat.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक-अव्यय)
abhyasūyetashould be envious/should censure
abhyasūyeta:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√asūy (धातु: असूय्)
FormVerb; Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tad-bhaktānthose devotees (of him)
tad-bhaktān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: तस्य भक्ताः = 'his devotees'
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेधार्थक-अव्यय)
nindyātshould blame/censure
nindyāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nind (धातु: निन्द्)
FormVerb; Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)
anya-devatāmanother deity/other deities (as object of censure)
anya-devatām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: अन्याः देवताः = 'other deities'
āditya-vrata-cārīa practitioner of the Aditya-vow
āditya-vrata-cārī:
Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + cārin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: आदित्यस्य व्रतं तस्य चारी = 'one who practices the Sun's vow'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-अव्यय)
bhaktataraḥmore devoted
bhaktataraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); comparative degree (तरप् प्रत्यय)
naraḥman/person
naraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
Speaker
Brahmā continuing the hierarchy/traits of devotion.