Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
ततः शार्ङ्गविनिर्मुक्तैश् छित्त्वा तस्य शरैः शिरः काशिपुर्यां स चिक्षेप कुर्वंल् लोकस्य विस्मयम् //
Translation
अत्र षड्विंशतितमः संख्याङ्कः एव प्रदर्श्यते; मूलश्लोकाभावे भावार्थानुवादो नोपलभ्यते।
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Desha-kala (देश-काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; sequential adverb
śārṅga-vinirmuktaiḥby (arrows) released from Śārṅga
śārṅga-vinirmuktaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootśārṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-nir-√muc (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन), Masculine/Neuter; PPP ‘released from Śārṅga (bow)’ qualifying ‘śaraiḥ’
chittvāhaving cut off
chittvā:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√chid (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having cut off’
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
śaraiḥwith arrows
śaraiḥ:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootśara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
śiraḥhead
śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
kāśi-puryāmin Kāśī-city
kāśi-puryām:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootkāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in the city of Kāśī’
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
cikṣepathrew
cikṣepa:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣip (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
kurvanmaking
kurvan:
Karta (कर्ता/Agent qualifier)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agreeing with ‘saḥ’
lokasyaof the world
lokasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
vismayamastonishment
vismayam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘kurvan’)
TypeNoun
Rootvismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
Speaker
Narrator describing Kṛṣṇa’s act and its public impact.