Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
भवेतां दिव्यरूपे वां गङ्गया संगते यदा तच्छापात् ते नदीरूपे तत्क्षणात् संबभूवतुः //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो न प्रदत्तः; अतः केवलं “२०” इति सङ्ख्यां दृष्ट्वा यथार्थानुवादः कर्तुं न शक्यते। कृपया श्लोकं प्रददातु।
Word by Word
bhavetāmlet (them two) become
bhavetām:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person, Dual; Parasmaipada; ‘let the two be/become’
divya-rūpein divine form
divya-rūpe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; कर्मधारय (in divine form)
vāmof you two
vām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual; ‘of you two/your’
gaṅgayāwith/by Gaṅgā
gaṅgayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
saṃgatewhen (you) meet
saṃgate:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-gam (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Locative, Singular; used as locative absolute sense ‘when (there is) meeting’
yadāwhen
yadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
tat-śāpātfrom that curse
tat-śāpāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष (from that curse)
tethey two
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormDual, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा); ‘those two’
nadī-rūpein the form of rivers
nadī-rūpe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnadī (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (in river-form)
tat-kṣaṇātimmediately
tat-kṣaṇāt:
Kāla-apādāna (कालापादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (from that very moment/instantly)
saṃbabhūvatuḥbecame (together)
saṃbabhūvatuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-bhū (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Dual; Parasmaipada
Speaker
Viśvāmitra (condition stated); narrator notes immediate transformation