Shloka 15
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
आस्थाय रूपमतुलं वाराहममितं हरिः / पृथिव्युद्धरणार्थाय प्रविवेश रसातलम्
Transliteration
āsthāya rūpamatulaṃ vārāhamamitaṃ hariḥ / pṛthivyuddharaṇārthāya praviveśa rasātalam
Translation
In der unvergleichlichen, unermesslichen Gestalt des göttlichen Ebers nahm Hari Rasatala in sich auf, um die Erde zu bergen und emporzuheben.
Word by Word
āsthāyahaving assumed
āsthāya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sthā (धाातु) with ā- (आ)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), ‘having assumed/taken’
rūpamform
rūpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
atulamincomparable
atulam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootatula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण of rūpam
vārāhamboar-like (of a boar)
vārāham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण of rūpam
amitamimmeasurable
amitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootamita (कृदन्त; √mā/मा with a-/अ)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); PPP used adjectivally; विशेषण of rūpam
hariḥHari (Viṣṇu)
hariḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
pṛthivī-uddharaṇa-arthāyafor the purpose of lifting up the earth
pṛthivī-uddharaṇa-arthāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + uddharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; from ud-√hṛ/हृ) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); प्रयोजन-द्योतक (purpose)
praviveśaentered
praviveśa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√viś (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
rasātalamRasātala (netherworld)
rasātalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrasātala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)