Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे देव विस्तरेण यथातथम् तस्य देवस्य माहात्म्यं वक्तुम् अर्हस्य् अशेषतः //

Translation

Ayat (36) ini dihimpunkan dalam Brahma Purana untuk menerangkan makna Dharma serta pengetahuan suci menurut tradisi.

Word by Word

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Tumun-anta infinitive (तुमुनन्त), ‘to hear’ (श्रवणार्थे)

• icchāmahe: we desire
• icchāmahe: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada, Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Bahuvacana (plural)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address), Ekavacana (singular)

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (3rd/करण), Ekavacana; adverbial instrumental ‘in detail’

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relational)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb/conjunction ‘as, according to’

• tatham: exactly so
• tatham: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relational)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘so, thus, exactly’ (here: ‘truly/accurately’)

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (6th/सम्बन्ध), Ekavacana

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (6th/सम्बन्ध), Ekavacana

• māhātmyam: greatness, glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (2nd/कर्म), Ekavacana

• vaktum: to tell
• vaktum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Tumun-anta infinitive (तुमुनन्त), ‘to speak/tell’

• arhasi: you are able/ought
• arhasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana

• aśeṣataḥ: entirely
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb formed with -tas (तस्) ‘completely, without remainder’

Speaker

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