Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
ततो हाहाकृते लोके काशीनाम् अधिपस् तदा युयुधे वासुदेवेन मित्रस्यापचितौ स्थितः //
Translation
अत्र पञ्चविंशतितमः संख्याङ्कः मात्रं दृश्यते; श्लोकस्य मूलवाक्यानि न प्रदत्तानि, अतः अनुवादो न शक्यते।
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Desha-kala (देश-काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय/तद्धित-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya; adverb of sequence (ततः)
hāhākṛtein (a state of) lamentation
hāhākṛte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Roothāhā-kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्ताधारित)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the (world) made “hāhā”’ i.e., in lamentation
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
kāśīnāmof Kāśī (people/realm)
kāśīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
adhipaḥthe lord
adhipaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tadāat that time
tadā:
Desha-kala (देश-काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; temporal adverb (तदा)
yuyudhefought
yuyudhe:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√yudh (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
vāsudevenawith Vāsudeva
vāsudevena:
Sahakari/Pratiyogin (सहकारी/प्रतियोगिन्; opponent in fight)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
mitrasyaof a friend
mitrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) or Masculine by usage; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
apacitaufor requital (of honor)
apacitau:
Hetu/Prayojana (हेतु/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootapaciti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in/for honoring, requital’
sthitaḥstanding (resolved)
sthitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘having taken a stand’
Speaker
Narrator describing the Kāśī king’s decision to fight Kṛṣṇa.