Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
वन्ध्यापि जनयेत् पुत्रं त्रिमासात् पतिना सह स्नानदानेन वर्तन्ती नान्यथा मद्वचो भवेत् //
Translation
अत्र तृतीयः श्लोकः—श्रद्धया श्रवणं कृत्वा पुण्यफलप्राप्तिः कथ्यते।
Word by Word
vandhyāa barren woman
vandhyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvandhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
apieven
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphasis/concession particle
janayetwould beget / could give birth to
janayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु)
FormVidhiliṅ (Optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular); parasmaipada
putrama son
putram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
tri-māsātafter three months / from (the period of) three months
tri-māsāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu-samāsa (‘three months’); Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana (Singular)
patināwith the husband
patinā:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeNoun
Rootpati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
FormSahārtha-avyaya (postposition/particle meaning ‘together with’), governs instrumental
snāna-dānenaby bathing and donation
snāna-dānena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsnāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormItaretara-dvandva (‘bathing and giving’); Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
vartantīcontinuing / practicing
vartantī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (वृत् धातु)
FormKridanta: Śatṛ (present active participle) feminine; Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘continuing/engaging (in)’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-avyaya (negation particle)
anyathāotherwise
anyathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanyathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (manner adverb)
mat-vacaḥmy statement
mat-vacaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī: ‘my word’); Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
bhavetwould be / should be (true)
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
FormVidhiliṅ (Optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular)
Speaker
Narrator addressing Nārada (continuation of tīrtha praise)