Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मोवाच स एवम् उक्त्वा ऋषिणा शैलेन्द्रो नियमस्थितः तपश् चकाराप्य् अतुलं येन तुष्टिर् अभून् मम //
Translation
चतुःसप्ततितमः श्लोकः—मूलपाठाभावे न अनुवादः, न व्याख्या सम्भवति; कृपया श्लोकं सम्पूर्णं प्रददातु।
Word by Word
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; speaker tag in narration
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथम), Singular, Parasmaipada
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
evamthus
evam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (एवम् अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
uktvāhaving spoken
uktvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/पूर्वक्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having said’
ṛṣiṇāby the sage
ṛṣiṇā:
Karta (agent in passive sense)/Instrument (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (ऋषि प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
śailendraḥthe lord of mountains
śailendraḥ:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaila-indra (शैल + इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
niyama-sthitaḥsteadfast in disciplines
niyama-sthitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniyama + sthita (नियम + स्थित प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘situated in observances’; agrees with śailendraḥ
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karma/Object (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
cakāradid, performed
cakāra:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular, Parasmaipada
apialso, even
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अपि अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
atulamincomparable
atulam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootatula (अतुल प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with tapaḥ
yenaby which
yena:
Karaṇa/Means (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; relative pronoun
tuṣṭiḥsatisfaction, pleasure
tuṣṭiḥ:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottuṣṭi (तुष्टि प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
abhūtarose, occurred
abhūt:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (भू धातु)
FormLuṅ (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular, Parasmaipada
mamaof me, my
mama:
Sambandha/Possessor (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
Speaker
Brahmā narrates; Śailendra/Himavān is the actor; a sage previously instructed him.