Brahma Purana — Daksha’s Sacrifice, Sati’s Self-Immolation, and Uma’s Tapas, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा गिरिराजस्य भो द्विजाः तदा तस्मै वरं चाहं दत्तवान् मनसेप्सितम् //

Translation

此偈（第77）以庄严神圣之辞收束前述教诲的次第。

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; speaker tag

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Singular, Parasmaipada

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha/Possessor (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (निर्देशक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; deictic determiner with vacanam

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (वचन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/पूर्वक्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having heard’

• giri-rājasya: of the king of mountains
• giri-rājasya: Sambandha/Possessor (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri + rāja (गिरि + राजन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• bho: O!
• bho: Sambodhana-marker (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bho (भो अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)

• dvijāḥ: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (द्विज प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla/Time (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (तदा अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna/Recipient (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• dattavān: gave
• dattavān: Kriyā/Predicate (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु/क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; periphrastic perfect sense ‘I gave’

• manasā: in mind, by mind
• manasā: Karaṇa/Means (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• ipsitam: desired, wished-for
• ipsitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īpsita (ईप्सित प्रातिपदिक; PPP from āp/īps)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agrees with varam

Speaker

• Brahmā narrating to ‘dvijas’ (sages/priests); boon given to Girirāja (Himālaya).