Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 65
Devanagari script
द्विज उवाच के यूयं वीरणस्तम्बे लम्बमाना ह्य् अधोमुखाः दुःखिताः केन मोक्षश् च युष्माकं भवितानघाः //
Translation
अस्याध्यायस्य पञ्चषष्टितमः श्लोकः—मूलपाठोऽत्र निर्दिष्टो न दृश्यते; अतः केवलं श्लोकाङ्कः प्रदर्श्यते।
Word by Word
dvijaḥthe brahmin
dvijaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada; 3rd person, Singular
kewho (are)
ke:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
yūyamyou (pl.)
yūyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form2nd person pronoun; Nominative, Plural
vīraṇa-stambein/on the vīraṇa-grass clump
vīraṇa-stambe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvīraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + stamba (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): vīraṇasya stambaḥ
lambamānāḥhanging
lambamānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootlamb (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
FormPresent active participle; Masculine, Nominative, Plural; from √lamb
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निश्चय/हेतौ)
adhomukhāḥface-down
adhomukhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; Karmadhāraya: adhaḥ-mukhāḥ ‘face downward’
duḥkhitāḥsuffering
duḥkhitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootduḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक; √duḥkh + kta/ita)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective qualifying ‘you’
kenaby what/through what (cause)
kena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun; Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular
mokṣaḥrelease/liberation
mokṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
yuṣmākamof you (pl.)
yuṣmākam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Form2nd person pronoun; Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural
bhavitāwill happen/will be (your release)
bhavitā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु) + tṛ (तृ-प्रत्यय)
FormAgent noun/future sense (कर्तरि तृ); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘one who will be/occur’ (elliptic with mokṣaḥ)
anaghāḥO sinless ones
anaghāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootanagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Plural; address to the sages
Speaker
An unnamed brāhmaṇa (dvija) addresses the suffering beings (later: pitṛs).