Shloka 56

Vaivasvata-Manu Sarga and the Re-Manifestation of the Saptarṣis (वैवस्वतसर्गः—सप्तर्षिप्रादुर्भावः)

Devanagari script

मनोजवाः सर्वगताः सर्वभोगाश्च ते ऽभवन् / जाताश्च भस्मनो ह्यन्ये ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंमताः

Transliteration

manojavāḥ sarvagatāḥ sarvabhogāśca te 'bhavan / jātāśca bhasmano hyanye brahmarṣigaṇasaṃmatāḥ

Translation

Sie waren schnell wie der Geist, überallhin gelangend und mit allen Genüssen ausgestattet. Andere wurden aus Asche geboren, anerkannt vom Kreis der Brahmarishis.

Word by Word

• manojavāḥ: mind-swift
• manojavāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + java (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; tatpuruṣa 'swift as mind'

• sarvagatāḥ: all-pervading
• sarvagatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त, गम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle gata (क्त) in tatpuruṣa 'gone everywhere'

• sarvabhogāḥ: enjoying all pleasures
• sarvabhogāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; tatpuruṣa 'having all enjoyments'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; pronoun

• abhavan: became/were
• abhavan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jātāḥ: born
• jātāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त, जन् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle (क्त)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• bhasmanaḥ: from ashes
• bhasmanaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhasman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; also possible षष्ठी sg by form, but sense here ablative 'from ashes'

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Vākyālaṅkāra (वाक्यालङ्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (निपात)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective used substantively

• brahmarṣi-gaṇa-saṃmatāḥ: approved by the host of Brahmarṣis
• brahmarṣi-gaṇa-saṃmatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmarṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃmata (कृदन्त, मन् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; tatpuruṣa chain: 'approved/esteemed by the group of Brahmarṣis'; saṃmata = past participle (क्त)