Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
तस्माद् वैवस्वते प्राप्ते पुनर् एते महर्षयः उत्पत्स्यन्ति द्वितीये वै तव यज्ञे ह्य् अयोनिजाः //
Translation
此为第34章第28颂，被视为《往世书》中的神圣言教，兼具记述与教诲之义。
Word by Word
tasmātthereafter/from that (time)
tasmāt:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative adverb (तस्मात्-प्रभृति), pronominal base; functions as causal/ablative sense ‘from that/thereafter’
vaivasvatein (the time of) Vaivasvata
vaivasvate:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in/at Vaivasvata (Manu)’
prāptewhen (it) has arrived
prāpte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpra-√āp (धातु) > prāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular, Masculine/Neuter agreeing with implied ‘kāle/antare’; ‘when attained/arrived’
punaragain
punar:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunar (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative used adjectivally with ‘maharṣayaḥ’
maharṣayaḥgreat sages
maharṣayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmaharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
utpatsyantiwill arise/be born
utpatsyanti:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootut-√pad (धातु)
FormSimple future (लृट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; Parasmaipada
dvitīyein the second
dvitīye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; qualifying implied ‘yajñe/kāle’
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
tavayour
tava:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; 2nd person pronoun
yajñein (your) sacrifice
yajñe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
hifor/indeed
hi:
Sambandha/Reason (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/explanatory
ayonijāḥnot born from a womb
ayonijāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roota-yonija (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; bahuvrīhi-like adjective meaning ‘not womb-born’ used predicatively for sages
Speaker
Śaṅkara (Śiva) addressing Dakṣa (continuation of discourse)
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