Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 41
Devanagari script
तस्य पुत्रश् चतुर्बाहुर् वासुदेवो भविष्यति दाता ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता ब्रह्मभूतो द्विजप्रियः //
Translation
此偈（41）被视为《普拉那》中的神圣言教，庄严而可敬。
Word by Word
tasyaof him/its
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
putraḥson
putraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
caturbāhuḥfour-armed
caturbāhuḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; बहुव्रीहि—‘having four arms’ (चत्वारः बाहवो यस्य सः)
vāsudevaḥVāsudeva
vāsudevaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
bhaviṣyatiwill be/become
bhaviṣyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormLuṭ (लृट्, Simple Future), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
dātāgiver
dātā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdā (धातु)
FormKṛdanta—Agent noun (कर्तृवाचक) with suffix -tṛ (तृन्); Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
brāhmaṇa-satkartāhonorer of brāhmaṇas
brāhmaṇa-satkartā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa + satkartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘one who honors (satkaroti) the brāhmaṇas’
brahma-bhūtaḥbrahman-like; spiritually exalted
brahma-bhūtaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; भूत (क्त) past participle from √bhū; तत्पुरुष—‘become/being brahman (brahma-like)’
dvija-priyaḥdear to the twice-born
dvija-priyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvija + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुष—‘dear to the twice-born (brāhmaṇas etc.)’
Speaker
Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice describing the coming of Vāsudeva to brāhmaṇa audience.