Shloka 174

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

नलौ द्वाविति विख्यातौ पुराणेषु दृढव्रतौ / वीरसेनात्मजश्चैव यश्चेक्ष्वाकुकुलोद्वहः

Transliteration

nalau dvāviti vikhyātau purāṇeṣu dṛḍhavratau / vīrasenātmajaścaiva yaścekṣvākukulodvahaḥ

Translation

In den Puranas sind «zwei Nala» berühmt, standhaft im Gelübde: der eine, Sohn Virasenas; der andere, Zierde des Ikshvaku-Geschlechts.

Word by Word

• nalau: two (persons named) Nala
• nalau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual

• dvau: two
• dvau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; numeral adjective

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• vikhyātau: well-known
• vikhyātau: Kriyā (क्रियापद-भाव/participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-khyā (ख्या धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual

• purāṇeṣu: in the Purāṇas
• purāṇeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural

• dṛḍha-vratau: steadfast in vows
• dṛḍha-vratau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; कर्मधारय: 'firm in vows'

• vīrasena-ātmajaḥ: the son of Vīrasena
• vīrasena-ātmajaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrasena (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'son of Vīrasena'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चय/अवधारण)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• ikṣvāku-kula-udvahaḥ: upholder of the Ikṣvāku dynasty
• ikṣvāku-kula-udvahaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ikṣvāku (प्रातिपदिक) + kula (प्रातिपदिक) + udvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'upholder/ornament of the Ikṣvāku lineage'