Brahma Purana — The Ananta-Vasudeva Image: From Brahma’s Commission to Puruṣottama Kṣetra, Shloka 29
Devanagari script
इत्य् उक्त्वा स तु धर्मात्मा प्रणिपत्य मुहुर् मुहुः ज्येष्ठं भ्रातरम् आसाद्य कृताञ्जलिर् अभाषत //
Translation
ఈ పద్యానికి మూల సంస్కృత పాఠం లేదు; ‘29’ సంఖ్య మాత్రమే ఉంది. మూల శ్లోకం అందితే అన్ని భాషల్లో అనువాదం ఇస్తాను.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Vākyopasaṃhāra (वाक्य-उपसंहार/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (iti-avyaya)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्वा/ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (ktvā), indeclinable; prior action
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
tuindeed / but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle), adversative/emphatic
dharmātmārighteous-souled
dharmātmā:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi
praṇipatyahaving prostrated
praṇipatya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√pat (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (lyap), indeclinable; prior action; sense: 'having prostrated'
muhuḥagain and again
muhuḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
FormFrequency adverb (punarāvṛtti-avyaya)
muhuḥrepeatedly
muhuḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhuḥ (अव्यय)
FormFrequency adverb (reduplication for emphasis)
jyeṣṭhamelder
jyeṣṭham:
Karma-anvaya (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; agrees with bhrātaram
bhrātarambrother
bhrātaram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootbhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
āsādyahaving approached
āsādya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sad (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
FormAbsolutive (lyap), indeclinable; 'having approached/reached'
kṛta-añjaliḥwith folded hands
kṛta-añjaliḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + kta) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'kṛto añjaliḥ yena saḥ' (with hands joined)
abhāṣatahe spoke
abhāṣata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√bhāṣ (धातु)
FormLaṅ lakāra (imperfect/past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada
Speaker
Narrator describes Vibhīṣaṇa approaching his elder brother Rāvaṇa (identified next verse).