Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 6
Devanagari script
गङ्गाद्वारे समासीनं प्रेरितेन्द्रेण मेनका तं गत्वा तपसो भ्रष्टं कुरु भद्रे ममाज्ञया //
Translation
یہ چھٹا شلوک ہے—بھکتی سے دیوتا کی پوجا کرنے پر موکش کا راستہ روشن ہوتا ہے۔
Word by Word
gaṅgā-dvāreat Gaṅgā’s gate (Gaṅgādvāra)
gaṅgā-dvāre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (ṣaṣṭhī: ‘at the gate/entrance of Gaṅgā’); Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
samāsīnamsitting
samāsīnam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-āsīna (कृदन्त; √ās आस् with sam-)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); past participle/ppp in sense ‘seated’
prerita-indreṇaby Indra who had sent/impelled (her)
prerita-indreṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprerita (कृदन्त; √prī/√i? actually √i with pra+?; causative of √īr/√i: ‘to impel’) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (tṛtīyā: ‘impelled by Indra’); Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
menakāMenakā
menakā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmenakā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma ‘tad’; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
gatvāhaving gone
gatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (गम् धातु)
FormKridanta: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्) ‘having gone’
tapasaḥof austerity
tapasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
bhraṣṭamfallen (from)
bhraṣṭam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhraṣṭa (कृदन्त; √bhraṃś भ्रंश्/भ्रश्)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); past participle (क्त)
kurumake / do
kuru:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormLoṭ lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular); parasmaipada
bhadreO auspicious one / dear lady
bhadre:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma ‘mad’; Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)
ājñayāby (my) command
ājñayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
Speaker
Indra instructing Menakā (reported speech within narrator’s account)