Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
ब्रह्मोवाच तदा स राक्षसः क्रूरो देवगन्धर्वकिंनरान् लोकपालान् समनुजान् मुनिसिद्धांश् च पापकृत् //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकः सप्तत्रिंशत्तमः।
Word by Word
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā-vibhakti (1st/कर्ता), Ekavacana
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormLiṭ-lakāra (लिट्/Perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; temporal adverb ‘then’
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
rākṣasaḥthe rākṣasa (demon)
rākṣasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
krūraḥcruel
krūraḥ:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agrees with rākṣasaḥ
deva-gandharva-kiṃnarāngods, gandharvas, and kiṃnaras
deva-gandharva-kiṃnarān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + gandharva + kiṃnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dvitīyā (2nd/कर्म), Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)
lokapālānworld-guardians
lokapālān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootlokapāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘guardians of the worlds’
sama-nujānalong with their followers/younger ones
sama-nujān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsama + nuja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; upapada/tatpuruṣa sense ‘together with younger brothers/attendants’
muni-siddhānsages and siddhas
muni-siddhān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni + siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; itaretara-dvandva ‘sages and siddhas’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction ‘and’
pāpa-kṛtevil-doer
pāpa-kṛt:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāpa + kṛ (धातु/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormKṛdanta: present participial/agent noun (कर्तृवाचक) from √kṛ with upapada ‘pāpa’; Masculine, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; qualifies sa rākṣasaḥ
Speaker
Brahmā narrates (listener not specified in the provided excerpt)