Shloka 41

नहुषोपाख्यानम्—दीपदान-धूप-बलीकर्म-प्रशंसा

Nahūṣa Episode and the Commendation of Lamp-Gifting and Household Offerings

Devanagari script

यावदक्षिनिमेषाणि ज्वलन्ते तावती: समा: । रूपवान्‌ बलवांश्वापि नरो भवति दीपद:

Translation

So viele Augenblicke die Lampe bis zum Blinzeln brennt, so viele Jahre wird der Mensch, der sie spendet, schön und stark.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; for as many (as)
• यावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्
• Form: correlative adverb (yāvat–tāvat)

• अक्षि-निमेषाणि: eye-blinks (moments of blinking)
• अक्षि-निमेषाणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि-निमेष
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• ज्वलन्ते: burn; blaze
• ज्वलन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: present, 3rd person, plural, Ātmanepada

• तावतीः: so many; that many
• तावतीः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• समाः: years
• समाः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• रूपवान्: handsome; possessing beauty
• रूपवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बलवान्: strong
• बलवान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: particle

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: present, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• दीपदः: giver of a lamp (one who donates a lamp)
• दीपदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीपद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

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