Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
पालयिष्यति गां देवीं विनिर्जित्य दुराशयान् तं भवन्तः समासाद्य ब्राह्मणैर् अर्हणैर् वरैः //
Translation
एतत् पञ्चचत्वारिंशत्तमं श्लोकस्थानं; मूलपाठोऽत्र निर्दिष्टः न दृश्यते, अतः केवलं सङ्ख्याङ्कनिर्देशः।
Word by Word
pālayiṣyatiwill protect/govern
pālayiṣyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpāl (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लृट्, Simple Future), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada
gāmthe earth (lit. cow)
gām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
devīmthe goddess
devīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; apposition to gām
vinirjityahaving completely conquered
vinirjitya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvi + nir + ji (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्) from √ji with prefixes vi-, nir-; avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa
durāśayānthe ill-intentioned (ones)
durāśayān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdur + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; तत्पुरुष—‘evil-intentioned/ill-minded persons’
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
bhavantaḥyou (honored ones)
bhavantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; honorific 2nd-person pronoun-like noun
samāsādyahaving approached
samāsādya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsam + ā + sad (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्) from sam-ā-√sad ‘to approach/attain’; avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa
brāhmaṇaiḥby/with brāhmaṇas
brāhmaṇaiḥ:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
arhaṇaiḥworthy of honor
arhaṇaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootarhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; qualifying brāhmaṇaiḥ
varaiḥexcellent
varaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; qualifying brāhmaṇaiḥ
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice instructing brāhmaṇas regarding Vāsudeva.