Shloka 48

युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च

Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis

Devanagari script

पुराकृतिपुराकल्पौ व्यवधारणकल्पना / उपमा च दशैते वै विधयो ब्राह्मणस्य तु

Transliteration

purākṛtipurākalpau vyavadhāraṇakalpanā / upamā ca daśaite vai vidhayo brāhmaṇasya tu

Translation

Purākṛti, purākalpa, Abgrenzung, gedankliche Gestaltung und Gleichnis — diese zehn sind wahrlich die Methoden des Brāhmaṇa-Teils.

Word by Word

• purākṛtiḥ: ancient precedent/account
• purākṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: purā + kṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana; avyaya-tatpuruṣa: 'former account/precedent'

• purākalpaḥ: ancient practice/ritual procedure
• purākalpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: purā + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana; avyaya-tatpuruṣa: 'ancient procedure/rite'

• vyavadhāraṇā: determination, delimitation
• vyavadhāraṇā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyava-dhāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• kalpanā: construction, arrangement
• kalpanā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• upamā: comparison, simile
• upamā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: upamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-vācaka (numeral); here used adjectivally; Napuṃsaka/avyaya-like in count; qualifies ete

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma (pronoun)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta; niścaya/avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle)

• vidhayaḥ: methods, procedures
• vidhayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / apposition to ete
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana

• brāhmaṇasya: of the Brāhmaṇa (portion/text)
• brāhmaṇasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napuṃsaka-liṅga (n.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen.), Ekavacana

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta; virodha/avadhāraṇa (particle: but/indeed)