Shloka 69

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

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

Devanagari script

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं पौराणिका द्विजाः / यावत्सूर्य उदयते यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति

Transliteration

atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ paurāṇikā dvijāḥ / yāvatsūrya udayate yāvacca pratitiṣṭhati

Translation

Auch hier führen die puranischen Dvijas diesen Vers an: solange die Sonne aufgeht und solange sie fest gegründet besteht.

Word by Word

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक/locative adverb)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/also)

• udāharanti: they cite / recite
• udāharanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-ā-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्/laṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada

• imam: this
• imam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun used adjectivally; Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• ślokam: verse
• ślokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• paurāṇikāḥ: Purāṇa-experts
• paurāṇikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurāṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dvijāḥ: Brahmins (twice-born)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (परिमाण/अवधि: ‘as long as’)

• sūryaḥ: the sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1st), Singular (एकवचन)

• udayate: rises
• udayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√i (इ धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्/laṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative indeclinable (परिमाण/अवधि: ‘as long as’)

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

• pratitiṣṭhati: stands firm / endures
• pratitiṣṭhati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्/laṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada