Brahma Purana — Apsaroyugam Tirtha: The Confluence that Grants Worldly Enjoyment and Liberation, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

दूरे स्थिते नृत्यगीतचाटुकाररते तदा विलोक्य मुनिशार्दूलस् ततः कोपाकुलो ऽभवत् //

Translation

此偈（16）总结：智者当守持信心（śraddhā），研习《普拉那》，以证知真理。

Word by Word

• dūre: far away
• dūre: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे सप्तमी-रूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverbial locative): ‘far away’

• sthite: when (they) stood
• sthite: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी: ‘when (they) were standing’

• nṛtya-gīta-cāṭukāra-rate: (when he/they were) engaged in dance, song, and flattery
• nṛtya-gīta-cāṭukāra-rate: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + cāṭukāra (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘delighting in dance, song, and flattery’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• vilokya: having looked (at)
• vilokya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having seen’

• muni-śārdūlaḥ: the tiger among sages
• muni-śārdūlaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘tiger among sages’

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then/thereupon/from that)

• kopa-ākulaḥ: agitated with anger
• kopa-ākulaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + ākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agitated with anger)

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

• Narrator; describing Viśvāmitra’s reaction to the two Apsarases