Brahma Purana — Indra Tirtha and the Consecration at the Sacred Confluences, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
पुरा वृत्रवधे वृत्ते ब्रह्महत्या तु नारद शचीपतिं चानुगता तां दृष्ट्वा भीतवद् धरिः //
Translation
ในคาถาที่สอง ความหมายแห่งธรรมะถูกอธิบายอย่างชัดเจน
Word by Word
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (काल/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
vṛtra-vadhein the slaying of Vṛtra
vṛtra-vadhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtra (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Loc), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: वृत्रस्य वधः
vṛttewhen (it) had happened
vṛtte:
Kāla (काल/Temporal circumstance)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके सति (locative absolute): ‘when it had occurred’
brahma-hatyāthe sin/personified guilt of brahmin-slaying
brahma-hatyā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक) + hatyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मणः हत्या
tuindeed / but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (particle: ‘but/indeed’)
nāradaO Nārada
nārada:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootnārada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Voc), एकवचन
śacī-patimŚacī’s husband (Indra)
śacī-patim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootśacī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Acc), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: शच्याः पतिः (Indra)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
anugatāfollowed
anugatā:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootanu-√gam (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past active participle in feminine usage), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः
tāmher (that [brahmahatyā])
tām:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), पूर्वकाल (prior action)
bhīta-vatas if frightened
bhīta-vat:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhīta (कृदन्त; √bhī) + vat (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमावाचक (adverbial ‘like/as if’): -वत्
hariḥHari (Indra/Vishnu; here: Indra implied by context)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
Brahmā narrating to Nārada