Shloka 2
इक्ष्वाकुवंशकीर्त्तनम्
Ikṣvāku Lineage Proclamation; Nimi–Mithilā/Videha Genealogy
Devanagari script
जयन्तमिति विख्यातं गौतमस्याश्रमान्तिकम् / यस्यान्ववाये जज्ञे वै जनको नृपसत्तमः
Transliteration
jayantamiti vikhyātaṃ gautamasyāśramāntikam / yasyānvavāye jajñe vai janako nṛpasattamaḥ
Translation
Near Gautama’s āśrama lies the place famed as Jayanta; in that lineage was born indeed Janaka, the foremost of kings.
Word by Word
jayantam(a place) named Jayanta
jayantam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootjayanta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम-प्रयोगे), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘विख्यातम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म
itithus, as
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Naming)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formनामनिर्देशार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)
vikhyātamwell-known, renowned
vikhyātam:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-√khyā + ta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
gautamasyaof Gautama
gautamasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootgautama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
āśrama-antikamnear the hermitage
āśrama-antikam:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootāśrama + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘आश्रमस्य अन्तिकम्’ (near the hermitage)
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
anvavāyein the lineage, in the succession
anvavāye:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootanvavāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
janakaḥJanaka
janakaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
nṛpa-sattamaḥbest of kings
nṛpa-sattamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier of janakaḥ)
TypeAdjective
Rootnṛpa + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘नृपाणां सत्तमः’ (best among kings)