Shloka 5

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

एतद्वो ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्भवम् / यथा देवगृहाणीह सूर्यचन्द्रग्रहाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

etadvo 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi sūryācandramasorbhavam / yathā devagṛhāṇīha sūryacandragrahāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

এখন আমি তোমাদের সূর্য ও চন্দ্রের উৎপত্তি বলব—এখানে সূর্য-চন্দ্রগ্রহ কীভাবে দেবগৃহ বলে স্মৃত হয়েছে।

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaḥ: to you / for you
• vaḥ: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative (6th/षष्ठी or 4th/चतुर्थी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• pravakṣyāmi: I will explain
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• sūrya-candramasoḥ: of the Sun and the Moon
• sūrya-candramasoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: सूर्यश्च चन्द्रमाश्च); Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• bhavam: origin, coming-into-being
• bhavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• yathā: as, how
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative/relative adverb (यथार्थक अव्यय)

• deva-gṛhāṇi: houses of the gods
• deva-gṛhāṇi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवस्य गृहाणि); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Deictic adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sūrya-candra-grahāḥ: the Sun- and Moon- planets (grahas)
• sūrya-candra-grahāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + candra (प्रातिपदिक) + graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष sense: सूर्यचन्द्रौ एव ग्रहाः / सूर्यचन्द्रयोः ग्रहाः); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/considered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)