Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कंसपत्न्यस् ततः कंसं परिवार्य हतं भुवि विलेपुर् मातरश् चास्य शोकदुःखपरिप्लुताः //

Translation

सप्तमः श्लोकः—अत्र मूलश्लोकः अनुपलब्धः; तस्मात् तदर्थस्य अनुवादः न शक्यते। कृपया पाठं ददातु।

Word by Word

• kaṃsa-patnyaḥ: Kamsa's wives
• kaṃsa-patnyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence/time

• kaṃsam: Kamsa
• kaṃsam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• parivārya: having surrounded
• parivārya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√vṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal (अव्ययकृदन्त); ‘having surrounded’

• hatam: slain
• hatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; qualifies ‘kaṃsam’

• bhuvi: on the ground/earth
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; locative (अधिकरण)

• vilepuḥ: they lamented/wailed
• vilepuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√lip (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Bahuvacana

• mātaraḥ: mothers
• mātaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• asya: of him/of his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (contextual), Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana; pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• śoka-duḥkha-pariplutāḥ: overwhelmed by grief and sorrow
• śoka-duḥkha-pariplutāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + pari-√plu (धातु)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; kta-participle sense ‘overwhelmed’; compound: śoka-duḥkha (द्वन्द्व/समाहार as internal pair) + paripluta (तत्पुरुष: ‘overwhelmed by grief and sorrow’)

Speaker

• Vyāsa narrating; focuses on Kaṃsa’s family’s reaction