Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
कनिष्ठं भरतं स्नेहाच् छत्रुघ्नं भक्तवत्सलः अभिषिच्य तदा रामः सर्वराज्ये ऽधिराजवत् //
Translation
अष्टचत्वारिंशत्तमः श्लोकः—अत्र केवलं अङ्कः दृश्यते, न तु श्लोकवाक्यम्। अनुवादाय श्लोकपाठः आवश्यकः।
Word by Word
kaniṣṭhamthe youngest
kaniṣṭham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkaniṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying bharatam
bharatamBharata
bharatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbharata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
snehātout of affection
snehāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootsneha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
śatrughnamŚatrughna
śatrughnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśatrughna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bhaktavatsalaḥ(he who is) kind to devotees
bhaktavatsalaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + vatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘affectionate to devotees’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
abhiṣicyahaving consecrated
abhiṣicya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-sic (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having anointed/installed’
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)
rāmaḥRāma
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvarājyein the whole kingdom
sarvarājye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa-samāsa (तत्पुरुष) ‘entire kingdom’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
adhirājavatlike an overlord/emperor
adhirājavat:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootadhirāja (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), indeclinable comparative in -वत् (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय) meaning ‘like/as’
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator to listeners.