Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

राज्ञो बद्धान् स सर्वान् वै मोक्षयिष्यति यादवः जरासंधं तु राजानं निर्जित्य गिरिगह्वरे //

Translation

ਇੱਥੇ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਦਾ ਮੂਲ ਪਾਠ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਤਾ; ਸਿਰਫ਼ “42” ਗਿਣਤੀ ਹੈ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਭੇਜੋ, ਫਿਰ ਮੈਂ ਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਦਿਆਂਗਾ।

Word by Word

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• baddhān: bound/imprisoned (ones)
• baddhān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandh (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) from √bandh; Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• mokṣayiṣyati: will release
• mokṣayiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिच्) of √muc → mokṣayati; Luṭ (लृट्, Simple Future), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• yādavaḥ: the Yādava (descendant of Yadu)
• yādavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; apposition to saḥ

• jarāsaṃdham: Jarāsandha
• jarāsaṃdham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā + saṃdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; proper name Jarāsandha

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrastive

• rājānam: king
• rājānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• nirjitya: having conquered
• nirjitya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir + ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यप्) from √ji with prefix nir-; avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa

• giri-gahvare: in a mountain cave/cleft
• giri-gahvare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri + gahvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष—‘in the mountain-cave/cleft’

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice recounting Vāsudeva’s future exploits.