Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 26
Devanagari script
पुराध्यक्षः स्थितः श्रीमान् धर्मात्मा स विभीषणः रावणस्यानुजो मन्त्री नारायणपरायणः //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकस्य मूलपाठो नोपलभ्यते; केवलं ‘२६’ इति संख्या। कृपया संस्कृतपाठं दत्त्वा अनुवादाय अवसरं ददातु।
Word by Word
pura-adhyakṣaḥthe superintendent of the city
pura-adhyakṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpura (प्रातिपदिक) + adhyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): 'purasya adhyakṣaḥ'
sthitaḥstanding / stationed
sthitaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√sthā (धाातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormKta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with subject
śrīmānglorious / illustrious
śrīmān:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; matup-anta adjective
dharmātmārighteous-souled
dharmātmā:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: 'yasya ātmā dharmaḥ saḥ'
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
vibhīṣaṇaḥVibhīṣaṇa
vibhīṣaṇaḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्ता-समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun
rāvaṇasyaof Rāvaṇa
rāvaṇasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive, 6th), Ekavacana
anujaḥyounger brother
anujaḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootanuja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
mantrīminister / counsellor
mantrī:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (predicate apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; i-stem (mantrī)
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥdevoted to Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'nārāyaṇe parāyaṇaḥ' (devoted to Nārāyaṇa)
Speaker
Narrator introducing/characterizing Vibhishana within the Lanka narrative.