Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

यदा गृहपतिर् दक्षो यज्ञानाम् ईश्वरः प्रभुः समस्तेनेह यज्ञेन सो ऽयजद् दैवतैः सह //

Translation

एतत् चतुर्दशाध्यायस्य चत्वारिंशत्तमः श्लोकः; अस्य पाठः अत्र न प्रदत्तः।

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• gṛhapatiḥ: householder/master of the house
• gṛhapatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (गृह-प्रातिपदिक) + pati (पति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; apposition to dakṣaḥ

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (दक्ष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yajñānām: of sacrifices
• yajñānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (यज्ञ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• īśvaraḥ: lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate/apposition to dakṣaḥ

• prabhuḥ: master/mighty one
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रभु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicate/apposition to dakṣaḥ

• samastena: with the complete/entire
• samastena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (समस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; qualifier of yajñena

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देश-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb

• yajñena: by/with a sacrifice
• yajñena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (यज्ञ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ayajat: sacrificed/worshipped
• ayajat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (यज् धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• daivataiḥ: with the deities
• daivataiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (दैवत-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable postposition meaning 'with' (सह-अव्यय)

Speaker

• Brahmā continues narrating.