Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
यज्विनां च विशुद्धानां वंशे ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः स शूरः क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठो महावीर्यो महायशाः //
Translation
पञ्चविंशत्यधिकद्विशततमाध्याये एकोनचत्वारिंशत्तमोऽयं श्लोकः।
Word by Word
yajvināmof the sacrificers
yajvinām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyajvin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
viśuddhānāmof the pure
viśuddhānām:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviśuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying ‘yajvinām’)
vaṃśein the lineage
vaṃśe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥbest of Brahmins
brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
śūraḥŚūra
śūraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśūra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
kṣatriya-śreṣṭhaḥbest among Kṣatriyas
kṣatriya-śreṣṭhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
mahā-vīryaḥof great valor
mahā-vīryaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘saḥ śūraḥ’)
mahā-yaśāḥof great fame
mahā-yaśāḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying ‘saḥ śūraḥ’)
Speaker
A Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice addressing eminent brāhmaṇas (brāhmaṇasattamāḥ).