Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

पालयिष्यति गां देवीं विनिर्जित्य दुराशयान् तं भवन्तः समासाद्य ब्राह्मणैर् अर्हणैर् वरैः //

Translation

此偈（45）以劝勉守护达摩、敬奉圣言而作结。

Word by Word

• pālayiṣyati: will protect/govern
• pālayiṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pāl (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लृट्, Simple Future), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• gām: the earth (lit. cow)
• gām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; apposition to gām

• vinirjitya: having completely conquered
• vinirjitya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi + nir + ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्) from √ji with prefixes vi-, nir-; avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa

• durāśayān: the ill-intentioned (ones)
• durāśayān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dur + āśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; तत्पुरुष—‘evil-intentioned/ill-minded persons’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• bhavantaḥ: you (honored ones)
• bhavantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; honorific 2nd-person pronoun-like noun

• samāsādya: having approached
• samāsādya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + ā + sad (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्) from sam-ā-√sad ‘to approach/attain’; avyaya-kriyāviśeṣaṇa

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: by/with brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• arhaṇaiḥ: worthy of honor
• arhaṇaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; qualifying brāhmaṇaiḥ

• varaiḥ: excellent
• varaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; qualifying brāhmaṇaiḥ

Speaker

• Purāṇic narrator/prophetic voice instructing brāhmaṇas regarding Vāsudeva.