Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
यदि त्वं दारसंयोगं कृत्वापत्यं गुणोत्तरम् उत्पादयसि तेनास्मान् मुच्येम वयम् एनसः //
Translation
अस्याध्यायस्य एकोनसप्ततितमः श्लोकः—अत्र मूलपाठो न दृश्यते; अतः श्लोकसङ्ख्याया एव निर्देशः।
Word by Word
yadiif
yadi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conditional particle (शर्त/निपात)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuzmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Nominative (1st), Singular
dāra-saṃyogammarital union
dāra-saṃyogam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdāra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘dārāṇāṃ saṃyogaḥ’; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
kṛtvāhaving done
kṛtvā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा); ‘having done/made’
apatyamoffspring
apatyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootapatya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
guṇa-uttaramexcellent in virtues
guṇa-uttaram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘guṇaiḥ uttaram/śreṣṭham’; Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifier of ‘apatyam’
utpādayasiyou beget/produce
utpādayasi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootutpād (उत्+पद्/पादय् causative; धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; causative sense ‘produce/beget’
tenaby that/thereby
tena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adverbial ‘thereby’
asmānus
asmān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Accusative (2nd), Plural
mucyemawe may be freed
mucyema:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
FormOptative/benedictive sense (विधिलिङ्), 1st person, Plural; Ātmanepada; passive/intransitive ‘be freed’
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Nominative (1st), Plural
enasaḥfrom sin
enasaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootenas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (Vedic/epic usage also allows genitive-like feel); ‘from sin’
Speaker
Pitṛs/ancestors urging their descendant to marry and beget worthy progeny.
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