Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
पौण्ड्रको वासुदेवश् च वासुदेवो ऽभवद् भुवि अवतीर्णस् त्वम् इत्य् उक्तो जनैर् अज्ञानमोहितैः //
Translation
ਇਹ ਚੌਥਾ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਹੈ—ਜੋ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਪੁੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਪ ਹੌਲੀ ਹੌਲੀ ਘਟਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
pauṇḍrakaḥPauṇḍraka
pauṇḍrakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpauṇḍraka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
vāsudevaḥVāsudeva
vāsudevaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
vāsudevaḥVāsudeva
vāsudevaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
abhavatbecame
abhavat:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
bhuvion earth
bhuvi:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (भूमि प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
avatīrṇaḥdescended (incarnated)
avatīrṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeVerb
Rootava√tṝ (अव√तॄ धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अर्थः ‘अवतारितः/अवतीर्णः’
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (युष्मद् प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formइति-उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
uktaḥwas called/said (to be)
uktaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभावः ‘उक्तः = was said/called’
janaiḥby people
janaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (जन प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
ajñāna-mohitaiḥdeluded by ignorance
ajñāna-mohitaiḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootajñāna (अज्ञान प्रातिपदिक) + mohita (मोहित कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (करण/हेतु-सम्बन्धः: ‘अज्ञान-कारणेन मोहित’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘जनैः’
Speaker
Vyāsa narrating to the sages