Shloka 13

ऋषिसर्गवर्णन (Rishi-Sarga Varṇana) — Account of the Creation/Origination of Sages and Beings

Devanagari script

नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापयैवात्मनो ऽब्रवीत् / यः कश्यपसुतस्याथ परमेष्ठी व्यजायत

Transliteration

nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpayaivātmano 'bravīt / yaḥ kaśyapasutasyātha parameṣṭhī vyajāyata

Translation

Zu ihrem Verderben sprach er ein Wort, das einem Fluch aus seinem eigenen Wesen glich; und Parameṣṭhī wurde dann im Sohn Kaśyapas geboren.

Word by Word

• nāśāya: for destruction
• nāśāya: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/for the purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular — purpose (प्रयोजनार्थे चतुर्थी)

• vacanam: speech; statement
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• śāpayā: by a curse
• śāpayā: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) — emphasis

• ātmanaḥ: of himself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• abravīt: said; spoke
• abravīt: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular — relative pronoun

• kaśyapa-sutasya: of Kaśyapa’s son
• kaśyapa-sutasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kaśyapasya sutaḥ)

• atha: then; thereafter
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (निपात) — sequence

• parameṣṭhī: Parameṣṭhī (Brahmā)
• parameṣṭhī: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vyajāyata: was born; came into being
• vyajāyata: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; with preverb vi-