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

Nun werde ich euch den Ursprung von Sonne und Mond darlegen und wie hier Sonne und Mond als gṛha, als göttliche Wohnstätten, überliefert sind.

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)