Shloka 2
हिरण्यकशिपुजन्म-तपः-वरप्रभावः
Birth, Austerity, and Boon-Power of Hiraṇyakaśipu
Devanagari script
उत्पत्तिं निधनं चैव विस्तारात्कथयस्व नः / एवमुक्तस्तदा सूतः प्रत्युवाचर्षिसत्तमम्
Transliteration
utpattiṃ nidhanaṃ caiva vistārātkathayasva naḥ / evamuktastadā sūtaḥ pratyuvācarṣisattamam
Translation
Tell us in full detail of their origin and also of their end. Thus addressed, Sūta then replied to the foremost of Ṛṣis.
Word by Word
utpattimorigin, creation
utpattim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootutpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular
nidhanamdestruction, end
nidhanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnidhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय-बोधक निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)
vistārātin detail
vistārāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (अपादान/पञ्चमी-प्रयोग)
TypeNoun
Rootvistāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular; adverbial ‘in detail’
kathayasvatell, relate
kathayasva:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkathaya (धातु-णिजन्त from kath)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular, Ātmanepada
naḥto us
naḥ:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
Form1st person pronoun, Dative/Genitive (चतुर्थी/षष्ठी), Plural; here dative sense
evamthus
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevaṃ (अव्यय)
FormManner adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)
uktaḥhaving been spoken to / addressed
uktaḥ:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvac (धातु) + ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; predicate to sūtaḥ (‘having been addressed’)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormTemporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular
pratyuvācareplied
pratyuvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
ṛṣi-sattamamthe best of sages
ṛṣi-sattamam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya: sattamaḥ ṛṣiḥ; Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular