Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
शङ्कितो मृगरूपेण सौवर्णेन च रावणः ततः क्रुद्धेन रामेण रणे सौमित्रिणा सह //
Translation
O verso (39) ensina que ouvir, recordar e praticar a palavra sagrada purifica a mente e ilumina a sabedoria.
Word by Word
śaṅkitaḥsuspicious, alarmed
śaṅkitaḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaṅkita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) from √śaṅk ‘to suspect/fear’; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; qualifies rāvaṇaḥ
mṛga-rūpeṇain deer-form
mṛga-rūpeṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛga + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (rūpa), Tṛtīyā (3rd/करण), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘in the form of a deer’
sauvarṇenagolden
sauvarṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsauvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/masculine adjective used substantively; Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; agrees with rūpeṇa (instrumental)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
rāvaṇaḥRāvaṇa
rāvaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb ‘then/from there’ (here: ‘then’)
kruddhenaangered
kruddhena:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast participle from √krudh; Masculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; qualifies rāmeṇa
rāmeṇaby/with Rāma
rāmeṇa:
Sahakārī/Karaṇa (सहकारी/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd/करण), Ekavacana; instrumental of agent/association
raṇein battle
raṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Saptamī (7th/अधिकरण), Ekavacana
saumitriṇāwith Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)
saumitriṇā:
Sahakārī (सहकारी/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootsaumitri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; ‘son of Sumitrā’ = Lakṣmaṇa
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; postposition ‘with’ governing instrumental
Speaker
Brahmā narrates