Shloka 76
दिक्पालादि-शिवलोकान्तर-कथनम्
Account of the Dikpālas and Intervening Realms toward Śiva’s Worlds
Devanagari script
काण्डास्तु योजनायामा मृदुभिः कण्टकैर्वृताः / पत्राणि तालदशकमात्रायामानि संति वै
Transliteration
kāṇḍāstu yojanāyāmā mṛdubhiḥ kaṇṭakairvṛtāḥ / patrāṇi tāladaśakamātrāyāmāni saṃti vai
Translation
Jene Stängel sind eine Yojana lang und von sanften Dornen umgeben. Ihre Blätter erreichen wahrlich die Länge von zehn Tāla (tāla).
Word by Word
kāṇḍāḥstalks
kāṇḍāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) / Subject
TypeNoun
Rootkāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tubut/and
tu:
Discourse connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
yojana-āyāmāḥa yojana long
yojana-āyāmāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of kāṇḍāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootyojana (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः—'having the length of a yojana'
mṛdubhiḥwith soft
mṛdubhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛdu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with kaṇṭakaiḥ
kaṇṭakaiḥthorns
kaṇṭakaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
vṛtāḥcovered, surrounded
vṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया) / Predicative
TypeVerb
Rootvṛta (कृदन्त; √vṛ/वृ with ni-/pari- sense 'covered')
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicative with kāṇḍāḥ
patrāṇileaves
patrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता) / Subject
TypeNoun
Rootpatra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tāla-daśaka-mātra-āyāmānimeasuring (only) ten tālas in length
tāla-daśaka-mātra-āyāmāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of patrāṇi
TypeAdjective
Roottāla (प्रातिपदिक) + daśaka (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + āyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः—'having length only of ten tālas' (measure)
santiare, exist
santi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)