Shloka 23

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

मुनिदेशात्‌ परश्रैव प्रोच्यते दुन्दुभिस्वन: । सिद्धचारणसंकीर्णो गौरप्रायो जनाधिप

Transliteration

munideśāt paraś caiva procyate dundubhisvanaḥ | siddhacāraṇasaṅkīrṇo gauraprāyo janādhipa ||

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—হে জনাধিপ! মুনিদেশৰ পাছত মহাদুন্দুভিৰ দৰে গম্ভীৰ ধ্বনি শুনা যায়। তাত সিদ্ধ আৰু চাৰণৰ সমাবেশ, আৰু শুভ্ৰপ্ৰায় দীপ্তি প্ৰবল।

Word by Word

• मुनि-देशात्: from the region of sages
• मुनि-देशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिदेश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• परस्मै: to another (person/place)
• परस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रोच्यते: is said/is called
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• दुन्दुभि-स्वनः: the sound of a drum
• दुन्दुभि-स्वनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभिस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्ध-चारण-संकीर्णः: crowded with Siddhas and Cāraṇas
• सिद्ध-चारण-संकीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धचारणसंकीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गौर-प्रायः: mostly white/pale
• गौर-प्रायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौरप्राय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जन-अधिपः: king/lord of people
• जन-अधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• janādhipa (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed indirectly)
• muni-deśa (region of sages)
• dundubhi (war-drum)
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas