Brahma Purana — Krishna Restores Dynastic Order: Ugrasena’s Coronation and the Retrieval of Sandipani’s Son, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

बहुप्रकारम् अस्वस्थाः पश्चात्तापातुरा हरिः ताः समाश्वासयाम् आस स्वयम् अस्राविलेक्षणः //

Translation

第194.8颂未附梵文原句，无法按《梵摩往世书》原文作忠实翻译。

Word by Word

• bahu-prakāram: in many ways
• bahu-prakāram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially; accusative-form functioning as adverb: ‘in many ways’

• a-svasthāḥ: distressed/unwell
• a-svasthāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svastha (प्रातिपदिक) with a- (नञ्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; negative adjective (नञ्-समासभाव) qualifying ‘tāḥ’ (fem. sense by context)

• paścāt-tāpa-āturāḥ: afflicted with remorse
• paścāt-tāpa-āturāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय) + tāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘āturāḥ (afflicted) by paścāttāpa (remorse)’; agrees with ‘tāḥ’ by sense

• hariḥ: Hari (Krishna)
• hariḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• tāḥ: them (those women)
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; pronoun

• sam-āśvāsayām: comfort
• sam-āśvāsayām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√śvas (धातु) causative (णिच्)
• Form: Causative infinitive-like form with ‘āsa’ (periphrastic perfect construction); ‘to comfort’ (आश्वासयितुम्-भाव)

• āsa: he did/was (aux.)
• āsa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; auxiliary in periphrastic perfect

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; reflexive adverb (स्वार्थे)

• aśru-avi-lekṣaṇaḥ: with tearful eyes
• aśru-avi-lekṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśru (प्रातिपदिक) + avi (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + lekṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi: ‘whose eyes (lekṣaṇa) were with tears (aśru)’ i.e., tearful-eyed

Speaker

• Vyāsa narrating; Hari (Kṛṣṇa) acts toward Kaṃsa’s bereaved women