Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मतीर्थे शिरोमात्रं यो दृष्ट्वा गौतमीतटे क्षेत्रे ऽविमुक्ते तस्यैव स्थापितं यो ऽनुपश्यति कपालं ब्रह्मणः पुण्यं ब्रह्महा पूततां व्रजेत् //
Translation
Verso 23: Praticando o Dharma e adorando com sinceridade, o ser humano alcança bem-estar e caminha para a meta suprema.
Word by Word
brahmatīrtheat Brahmā’s tīrtha
brahmatīrthe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः तीर्थे)
śiromātramonly the head (portion)
śiromātram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘only the head/just the head’
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun ‘who’
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु) + tvā (त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having seen’
gautamītaṭeon the bank of the Gautamī
gautamītaṭe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgautamī + taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘on the bank of (river) Gautamī’
kṣetrein the sacred field
kṣetre:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
avimukteAvimukta
avimukte:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavimukta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular; adjective qualifying kṣetre
tasyaof him/of that
tasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
sthāpitaminstalled/placed
sthāpitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + sthā (स्था धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → sthāpaya + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘placed/installed’ (object of anupaśyati)
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun (second clause)
anupaśyatibeholds/sees
anupaśyati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootanu + paś (पश् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
kapālamskull
kapālam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkapāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
brahmaṇaḥof Brahmā
brahmaṇaḥ:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
puṇyamholy/meritorious
puṇyam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; adjective qualifying kapālam
brahmahāa brahma-slayer (one guilty of brahmahatyā)
brahmahā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman + han (हन् धातु) → brahmahan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘slayer of a brāhmaṇa/Brahmā’ (term for brahma-killer)
pūtatāmpurity/cleansing
pūtatām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpūta + tā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun ‘purity’
vrajetwould attain/go to
vrajet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvraj (व्रज् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, Singular; parasmaipada
Speaker
Narrative voice (tīrtha merit statement)