Brahma Purana — Kapilāsaṅgama Tīrtha and the Pṛthu–Earth Covenant, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वेनबाहुं ममन्थुस् ते दक्षिणं धर्मसंहितम् ततः पृथुस्वरश् चैव सर्वलक्षणलक्षितः //

Translation

คาถาที่สิบในบทนี้เป็นถ้อยคำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ให้ความหมายอันประเสริฐ ชี้นำสู่ธรรมะ อรรถะ กามะ และโมกษะ และควรสวดอ่านด้วยศรัทธา

Word by Word

• venabāhum: Vena’s arm
• venabāhum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vena-bāhu (प्रातिपदिक; वेन + बाहु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘Vena’s arm’

• mamanthuḥ: churned
• mamanthuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: manth (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); √manth ‘to churn’

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dakṣiṇam: right (side)
• dakṣiṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies (implied) ‘bāhuṃ’/product from right side

• dharmasaṃhitam: in accordance with dharma
• dharmasaṃhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma-saṃhita (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + संहित)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘endowed/connected with dharma’

• tataḥ: thereupon/then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Hetu-bodhaka (काल/हेतुबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (ततः = ‘thereupon/from that’)

• pṛthu-svaraḥ: Pṛthu, of mighty voice
• pṛthu-svaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu-svara (प्रातिपदिक; पृथु + स्वर)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘broad/strong-voiced’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ: marked with all (royal) signs
• sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣita (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लक्षण + लक्षित)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘marked by all auspicious signs’

Speaker

• Narrator voice (contextually Brahmā’s narration in the surrounding sequence) describing sages/elders producing Pṛthu from Vena