Shloka 43
Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana
The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply
Devanagari script
पूर्यमामः शरीराणां धारणं यस्य कुर्वते / आकाशयोनिर्द्विगुणः शाब्दस्पर्शसमन्वितः
Transliteration
pūryamāmaḥ śarīrāṇāṃ dhāraṇaṃ yasya kurvate / ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ śābdasparśasamanvitaḥ
Translation
ومن يقوم بإسناد الأجساد وهي تمتلئ، فمبدؤه الأثير (آكاشا)، ذو صفتين، مقرون بالصوت واللمس.
Word by Word
pūryamāmaḥwe fill / being filled (uncertain reading)
pūryamāmaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pṝ (पॄ धातु)
FormForm as transmitted is irregular/uncertain; likely Present (लट्) 1st person plural (उत्तमपुरुष बहुवचन) or a corrupt reading for pūryamāṇaḥ (Kridanta).
śarīrāṇāmof bodies
śarīrāṇām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
dhāraṇamsupport/holding
dhāraṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन), relative pronoun
kurvate(two) do/perform
kurvate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन)
ākāśa-yoniḥone whose source is ether
ākāśa-yoniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ether as source’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dviguṇaḥtwofold
dviguṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound ‘two-fold’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
śābda-sparśa-samanvitaḥendowed with sound and touch
śābda-sparśa-samanvitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśābda + sparśa + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘endowed with sound and touch’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)