Brahma Purana — Shiva Proclaims the Supreme Path: Devotion to Vasudeva and the Yadu Lineage, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
दृष्टः पश्येद् अहरहः संश्रितः प्रतिसंश्रयेत् अर्चितश् चार्चयेन् नित्यं स देवो द्विजसत्तमाः //
Translation
第二二六章第五十五颂为终结之圣句，当以敬心诵读，以存古义于念。
Word by Word
dṛṣṭaḥ(when) seen
dṛṣṭaḥ:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश्-धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; condition/qualifier
paśyetshould see
paśyet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश्-धातु; पश्य-आदेश)
FormPotential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; परस्मैपद
aharaḥ-ahaḥday after day
aharaḥ-ahaḥ:
Kriyavisheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootahar + ahar (प्रातिपदिक; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय), reduplicated form meaning ‘day by day’
saṃśritaḥ(when) resorted to/taken refuge in
saṃśritaḥ:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-śri (संश्रि/श्रि-धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
prati-saṃśrayetshould take refuge (again)/should resort to
prati-saṃśrayet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-sam-śri (प्रति+सम्+श्रि-धातु)
FormPotential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; परस्मैपद
arcitaḥ(when) worshipped
arcitaḥ:
Karta-visheshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootarc (अर्च्-धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-बोधक)
arcayetshould worship
arcayet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootarc (अर्च्-धातु)
FormPotential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; परस्मैपद
nityamalways/constantly
nityam:
Kriyavisheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (अव्ययप्रयोगः/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
devaḥthe god
devaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
dvija-sattamāḥO best of the twice-born
dvija-sattamāḥ:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural; तत्पुरुष (द्विजानां सत्तमाः)
Speaker
Not specified; addressed to ‘dvijasattama’.