Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
आदिकल्पे पुरा विप्रास् त्व् अहम् अव्यक्तजन्मवान् विश्वकर्माणम् आहूय वचनं प्रोक्तवान् इदम् //
Translation
अत्र श्लोकसंख्या ‘४’ इति निर्दिष्टा; मूलपाठोऽत्र न प्रदत्तः।
Word by Word
ādi-kalpein the first kalpa
ādi-kalpe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष: ‘आदौ कलपे’
purāformerly
purā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/once)
viprāḥO brāhmaṇas
viprāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Vocative/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/विरोध-निपात (particle: but/indeed)
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
avyakta-janmavānhaving an unmanifest birth
avyakta-janmavān:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + janmavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय: ‘अव्यक्तं जन्म यस्य/अव्यक्त-जन्म’ (having unmanifest birth)
viśvakarmāṇamViśvakarmā
viśvakarmāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
āhūyahaving called
āhūya:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-hū (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having summoned/called’
vacanamwords, speech
vacanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvacana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
proktavān(I) spoke/uttered
proktavān:
Kriya (क्रिया/participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-vac (धातु)
Formक्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Brahmā narrating to the sages/brāhmaṇas