Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मोवाच तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा गिरिराजस्य भो द्विजाः तदा तस्मै वरं चाहं दत्तवान् मनसेप्सितम् //
Translation
Este verso (nº 77) encerra a sequência de ensinamentos com expressão sagrada e solene.
Word by Word
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; speaker tag
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular, Parasmaipada
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha/Possessor (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (निर्देशक)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; deictic determiner with vacanam
vacanamspeech, words
vacanam:
Karma/Object (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvacana (वचन प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/पूर्वक्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (श्रु धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having heard’
giri-rājasyaof the king of mountains
giri-rājasya:
Sambandha/Possessor (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootgiri + rāja (गिरि + राजन् प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
bhoO!
bho:
Sambodhana-marker (सम्बोधन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbho (भो अव्यय)
FormVocative particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)
dvijāḥO twice-born (Brahmins)
dvijāḥ:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla/Time (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (तदा अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
tasmaito him
tasmai:
Sampradāna/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular
varama boon
varam:
Karma/Object (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (च अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
ahamI
aham:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
dattavāngave
dattavān:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (दा धातु)
FormPast active participle (क्तवतु/क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; periphrastic perfect sense ‘I gave’
manasāin mind, by mind
manasā:
Karaṇa/Means (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
ipsitamdesired, wished-for
ipsitam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootīpsita (ईप्सित प्रातिपदिक; PPP from āp/īps)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with varam
Speaker
Brahmā narrating to ‘dvijas’ (sages/priests); boon given to Girirāja (Himālaya).