Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 75
Devanagari script
तदा तम् उत्पपाताहं वरदो ऽस्मीति चाब्रवम् ब्रूहि तुष्टो ऽस्मि शैलेन्द्र तपसानेन सुव्रत //
Translation
एतत् पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्याये पञ्चसप्ततितमं पद्यं; मूलश्लोकः अत्र निर्दिष्टो नास्ति, तस्मात् यथार्थानुवादो न शक्यते।
Word by Word
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla/Time (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (तदा अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
tamhim
tam:
Karma/Object (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
utpapātasprang up, appeared
utpapāta:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootut-pat (उत्+पत् धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular, Parasmaipada
ahamI
aham:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
varadaḥgiver of boons
varadaḥ:
Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvara-da (वर + द प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
asmiam
asmi:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
FormLaṭ (Present/वर्तमान), Uttama-puruṣa (1st/उत्तम), Singular, Parasmaipada
itithus
iti:
Vākyaprayojaka (वाक्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (इति अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (उद्धरण-निपात)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (च अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
abravamI said
abravam:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (ब्रू धातु)
FormLuṅ (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Singular, Parasmaipada
brūhispeak, tell
brūhi:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (ब्रू धातु)
FormLoṭ (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Singular, Parasmaipada
tuṣṭaḥpleased
tuṣṭaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottuṣṭa (तुष्ट प्रातिपदिक; PPP from tuṣ)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle used adjectivally; agrees with aham (implicit)
asmiam
asmi:
Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
FormLaṭ (Present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Singular, Parasmaipada
śailendraO lord of mountains
śailendra:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootśaila-indra (शैल + इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
tapasāby austerity
tapasā:
Karaṇa/Means (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (तपस् प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
anenaby this
anena:
Karaṇa/Means (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; deictic pronoun
suvrataO one of good vows
suvrata:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsu-vrata (सु + व्रत प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
Speaker
Brahmā speaking to Śailendra/Himavān.
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