Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इत्य् उच्चार्य विमुक्तेन चक्रेणासौ विदारितः पोथितो गदया भग्नो गरुत्मांश् च गरुत्मता //

Translation

अत्र श्लोके चतुर्विंशतितमः संख्याङ्कः केवलं निर्दिश्यते; मूलपाठाभावे अर्थानुवादो नोपपद्यते।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• uccārya: having uttered
• uccārya: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√car (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), from ud-√car ‘to utter’; action prior to main verb

• vimuktena: released
• vimuktena: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√muc (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन), Neuter/Masculine agreeing with ‘cakreṇa’ (तृतीया-एकवचन)

• cakreṇa: with the discus
• cakreṇa: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vidāritaḥ: was torn apart
• vidāritaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively (passive sense)

• pothitaḥ: was struck/beat down
• pothitaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √puṭh/√poṭh (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicative passive

• gadayā: with a mace
• gadayā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhagnaḥ: was broken
• bhagnaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj/√bhañj (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; predicative passive

• garutmān: Garuḍa
• garutmān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garutmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• garutmatā: by Garuḍa
• garutmatā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garutmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

• Narration of the immediate result of Kṛṣṇa’s words and weapon-release.