Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्मात् स वाग्मी धर्मज्ञो नमस्यो द्विजपुंगवाः वन्दितो हि स वन्देत मानितो मानयीत च //

Translation

Ayat 54 bab 226 dianggap sebagai ajaran suci bagi para pencari Dharma dan pengamal kebajikan.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Conclusion (हेतु/निगमन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः), meaning ‘therefore/from that’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vāg-mī: eloquent
• vāg-mī: Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāgmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dharma-jñaḥ: knower of dharma
• dharma-jñaḥ: Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (धर्मं जानाति)

• namasyaḥ: worthy of reverence
• namasyaḥ: Vidheyavisheshana (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namasya (प्रातिपदिक; नम्-धातु से)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; विधेय-विशेषण

• dvija-puṃgavāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-puṃgavāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural; तत्पुरुष (द्विजानां पुङ्गवाः)

• vanditaḥ: (one who is) praised/saluted
• vanditaḥ: Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vand (वन्द्-धातु)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; condition/qualifier

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vandeta: should salute
• vandeta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vand (वन्द्-धातु)
• Form: Potential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; आत्मनेपद

• mānitaḥ: (one who is) honored
• mānitaḥ: Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mān (मान्-धातु)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• mānayīta: should honor (others)
• mānayīta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mān (मान्-धातु; णिच्)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) + Potential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; आत्मनेपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-बोधक)

Speaker

• Not specified; narrator addresses ‘dvijapuṃgava’ (a leading twice-born).