Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

विजित्य समरे सर्वान् आजहार तदङ्गनाः संस्थाप्य नगरीं लङ्कां पुनः सीतार्थमोहितः //

Translation

O verso (38) recorda que a veneração do Divino e a prática do Dharma são o fundamento da paz e da prosperidade.

Word by Word

• vijitya: having conquered
• vijitya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having conquered’

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Saptamī-vibhakti (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; qualifies implied objects (those groups)

• ājahāra: carried off, took away
• ājahāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb ‘then’

• aṅganāḥ: women
• aṅganāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/कर्म), Bahuvacana; object of ājahāra

• saṃsthāpya: having established
• saṃsthāpya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having established/settled’

• nagarīm: the city
• nagarīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• laṅkām: Laṅkā
• laṅkām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; apposition to nagarīm

• punaḥ: again/then
• punaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘again/then’

• sītā-artha-mohitaḥ: deluded for Sītā’s sake
• sītā-artha-mohitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sītā + artha + mohita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) from √muh ‘to be deluded’, with tatpuruṣa ‘deluded for Sītā’s sake’; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; qualifies implied subject (Rāvaṇa)

Speaker

• Brahmā narrates