Brahma Purana — Brahmatirtha, Rudratirtha, and Sauryatirtha: The Sanctification of Brahma’s Severed Fifth Head, Shloka 2
Devanagari script
स्थितेषु देवसैन्येषु प्रविष्टेषु रसातलम् दैत्येषु च मुनिश्रेष्ठ तथा मातृषु तान् अनु //
Translation
此处仅标示数字“2”，未提供梵文正文；因此无法作出准确而忠实的译文。
Word by Word
sthiteṣuwhen (they) were stationed
sthiteṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsthā (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle) ‘स्थित’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; locative absolute member
devasainyeṣuin the armies of the gods
devasainyeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + sainya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां सैन्यानि)
praviṣṭeṣuwhen (they) had entered
praviṣṭeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra + viś (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle) ‘प्रविष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; locative absolute member
rasātalamRasātala (netherworld)
rasātalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrasātala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; destination/object of entering
daityeṣuamong the Daityas
daityeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; locative absolute continuation
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction (समुच्चय)
muniśreṣṭhaO best of sages
muniśreṣṭha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रेṣ्ठः मुनिः)
tathālikewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
mātṛṣuamong the Mothers (Mātṛs)
mātṛṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन
anuafter/following
anu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanu (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
Formअव्यय; preposition/adverb (अनु = after/following)
Speaker
Narrator voice continuing Brahmā’s account; addressing a ‘best of sages’ (muniśreṣṭha)