Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सो ऽप्य् अतीन्द्रियम् आलोक्य तयोः कर्म महामतिः अयाचत मृतं पुत्रं प्रभासे लवणार्णवे //

Translation

Ang talatang (24) ay dapat pakinggan nang may pag-ibig at paggalang, sapagkat ito ang susi ng sinaunang kaalaman.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• atīndriyam: beyond the senses
• atīndriyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास

• ālokya: having seen
• ālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√lok (लोक् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen/observed’

• tayoḥ: of the two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन (Dual); सर्वनाम

• karma: deed
• karma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-matiḥ: the great-minded one
• mahā-matiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास

• ayācata: he requested
• ayācata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yāc (याच् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• mṛtam: dead
• mṛtam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त; √mṛ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• putram: son
• putram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• prabhāse: at Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• lavaṇa-arṇave: in the salt ocean
• lavaṇa-arṇave: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास

Speaker

• Sāṃdīpani requesting from Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma