Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Pañcama Aṃśa, Dvādaśa Adhyāya · Back to chapter

English lines use these phrases for common nouns. Only names (people, deities, epithets) stay in Sanskrit in the translation.

āhedaṃ(आहेदं)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + hedaṃ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + hedaṃ.

arjuna name(अर्जुन)

Vocative arjuna: O Arjuna

Inflected from arjuna. arjuna: white, silvery, clear. From a root of brightness (raj/arg). The Pāṇḍava named for that brightness. Vocative arjuna: O Arjuna.

āruhyairāvataṃ(आरुह्यैरावतं)

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ruhyairāvataṃ

ā- (“unto, fully”) + ruhyairāvataṃ.

avaruhya(अवरुह्य)

ava- (“down, off”) + ruhya

ava- (“down, off”) + ruhya.

avatīrṇo(अवतीर्णो)

ava- (“down, off”) + tīrṇo

ava- (“down, off”) + tīrṇo.

bhārata name(भारत)

O bearer-descended one; used for Arjuna and for Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Inflected from bhārata. bhārata: descendant of Bharata (bhar, “to bear”). O bearer-descended one; used for Arjuna and for Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

bravīmi(ब्रवीमि)

I tell

From brū, “to speak.” I tell.

devānām(देवानाम्)

shining one

From div, “to shine.” A shining one; a god as a shining being, not a generic “God.”

dvija(द्विज)

twice-born

dvi-ja “twice-born.” dvija-uttama: upmost of the twice-born.

etat(एतत्)

this

Neuter of etad: “this here.” e- + tad.

govindas name(गोविन्दस्)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

go (“cow, cattle, earth, ray”) + vinda (vid, “to find”). Finder of cows; also finder of the earth. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

indra(इन्द्र)

The shining king of gods

Inflected from indra. indra: the shining chief of the gods; often from a root of drop/power. The shining king of gods.

jagat(जगत्)

the moving world

Inflected from jagat. From gam, “to go” (intensive): that which keeps going, the moving world.

janārdana name(जनार्दन)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from janārdana. jana (“people,” jan “to be born”) + ardana (ard, “to agitate, to distress”). Agitator of people; or destroyer of the wicked among men. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

jātaṃ(जातं)

is born

From jan, “to be born.” Is born; born.

kṛṣṇa(कृष्ण)

Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from kṛṣṇa. kṛṣṇa: dark, black. From kṛṣ, “to draw, to drag,” or as the dark colour. The dark one. Vocative: O Kṛṣṇa.

kṛtsna(कृत्स्न)

the whole

Inflected from kṛtsna. From kṛt, related to cutting/completing: the whole, entire.

madhusūdana name(मधुसूदन)

A name of Kṛṣṇa

Inflected from madhusūdana. Madhu (a demon’s name) + sūdana (sūd, “to kill”). Slayer of Madhu. A name of Kṛṣṇa.

manye(मन्ये)

thinks

From man, “to think.” Thinks; I think; thought.

mūrdhni(मूर्ध्नि)

head

śiras: head. mūrdhan: head, peak.

nāma(नाम)

name

nāman: name, from a root of bending/marking. The name.

paritrāte(परित्राते)

pari- (“around”) + trāte

pari- (“around”) + trāte.

pārtha name(पार्थ)

A patronym, not a mystical title

Inflected from pārtha. pārtha: son of Pṛthā (Kuntī). A patronym, not a mystical title.

punar(पुनर्)

again

Adverb: “again, back.”

sa(स)

he

Nominative singular masculine of tad: “he, that one.”

sadā(सदा)

always

sa- + dā: “always, at every time.”

sarvān(सर्वान्)

all

sarva: whole, all. The entire, not a leftover.

śṛṇu(शृणु)

hearing

From śru, “to hear.” Hear!; hears; having heard; heard.

tam(तम्)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tatra(तत्र)

there

ta- + tra: “in that place, there.”

vākyaṃ(वाक्यं)

speech

From vac, “to speak.” Speech; a speaking.

viddhi(विद्धि)

know

From vid, “to know” (vetti, viduḥ, viddhi) or “to be found” (vidyate). Knows; they know; is found; know!

yuddhe(युद्धे)

battle

From yudh, “to fight.” Fight; battle. yudhi is locative: in battle.

yudhi(युधि)

battle

From yudh, “to fight.” Fight; battle. yudhi is locative: in battle.