Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
ते ऽपि संपूज्य तं देवं शूलपाणिं प्रणम्य च पप्रच्छुः संशयं चैव लोकानां हितकाम्यया //
Translation
अत्र तृतीयश्लोकसंख्या निर्दिष्टा; मूलश्लोकस्य अभावात् अनुवादः नोपपद्यते।
Word by Word
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)
saṃpūjyahaving duly worshipped
saṃpūjya:
Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ + pūj (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम
devamthe god
devam:
Karma (कर्म/Object apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
śūlapāṇimthe trident-handed one
śūlapāṇim:
Karma (कर्म/Object epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootśūla + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि: यस्य पाणौ शूलम् सः (Śiva)
praṇamyahaving bowed
praṇamya:
Kriya (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + nam (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
papracchuḥasked
papracchuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprach (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
lokānāmof the worlds; of people
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
hitakāmyayāout of desire for (their) welfare
hitakāmyayā:
Hetu/Karana (हेतु/कारण)
TypeNoun
Roothita + kāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: हितस्य काम्या (desire for welfare)
Speaker
Vyāsa narrates; sages approach Śiva (Śūlapāṇi) with a question for public welfare.