Shloka 36
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
हीना ये शिरसो बालाः पन्नाश्चैवापसर्पिणः / बालात्मना स्मृता व्याला हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः
Transliteration
hīnā ye śiraso bālāḥ pannāścaivāpasarpiṇaḥ / bālātmanā smṛtā vyālā hīnatvādahayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
الذين كانوا بلا رؤوس سُمّوا «بالا»، والذين سقطوا ثم زحفوا مبتعدين سُمّوا «پنّا». وبطبيعة «بالا» ذُكروا «فيالا»، وبسبب الدونية عُدّوا «أهَيَ».
Word by Word
hīnāḥdeprived/lacking
hīnāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Roothīna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective ‘deprived/lacking’
yethose who
ye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; relative pronoun
śirasaḥof the head
śirasaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of the head’
bālāḥchildren/young ones
bālāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
pannāḥcrept/gone
pannāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeVerb
Rootpad (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle) from √pad ‘to go/step’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘gone/crept’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात/conjunction
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात/emphatic particle
apasarpiṇaḥcrawlers/creepers
apasarpiṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootapa+sarpin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agent noun ‘those who crawl away’
bāla-ātmanāby (their) childish nature
bāla-ātmanā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘with a childish nature’
smṛtāḥare called/considered
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘are considered/called’
vyālāḥserpents/creatures (vyālas)
vyālāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
hīnatvātfrom deficiency
hīnatvāt:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeNoun
Roothīnatva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘because of deficiency’
ahayaḥ‘ahaya’ (a name/term)
ahayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Roota-haya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; negative formation a- + haya; used as a name/etymology
smṛtāḥare called
smṛtāḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
Formक्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; repeated predicate