Brahma Purana — Krishna Subdues Kaliya and Purifies the Yamuna, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
नन्दगोपश् च गोपाश् च रामश् चाद्भुतविक्रमः त्वरितं यमुनां जग्मुः कृष्णदर्शनलालसाः //
Translation
अस्य अध्यायस्य द्वाविंशतितमः श्लोकः।
Word by Word
nandagopaḥNandagopa (Nanda)
nandagopaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnanda (प्रातिपदिक) + gopa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; proper name; compound: ‘Nanda who is a gopa’ (कर्मधारय-प्राय/तत्पुरुष)
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
gopāḥcowherd men
gopāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgopa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
rāmaḥRāma (Balarāma)
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name
caand
ca:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
adbhuta-vikramaḥof wondrous prowess
adbhuta-vikramaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक) + vikrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective qualifying rāmaḥ; compound: ‘marvelous (adbhuta) valor/stride (vikrama)’
tvaritamquickly
tvaritam:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottvarita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्राय)
FormAdverbial accusative used as indeclinable (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
yamunāmto the Yamunā (river)
yamunām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyamunā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular
jagmuḥwent
jagmuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Plural (बहुवचन)
kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥeager to see Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa-darśana-lālasāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + lālasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective qualifying the group (nandagopaḥ/gopāḥ/rāmaḥ); compound: ‘eager (लालस) for the sight (दर्शन) of Kṛṣṇa’ (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष)
Speaker
Narrator voice; describes Nanda, cowherds, and Balarāma going to the river
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