Shloka 32
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
बहुत्वान्नामधेयानां प्रधानांश्च निबोधत / तेषां प्रधाना नागानां शेषवासुकितक्षकाः
Transliteration
bahutvānnāmadheyānāṃ pradhānāṃśca nibodhata / teṣāṃ pradhānā nāgānāṃ śeṣavāsukitakṣakāḥ
Translation
Since their names are many, know the foremost among them. Chief of those nāgas are Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka.
Word by Word
bahutvātdue to the multitude
bahutvāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootbahutva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे: "because of multitude"
nāmadheyānāmof the names
nāmadheyānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāmadheya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of names/appellations"
pradhānānthe chief (ones)
pradhānān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootpradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण: "chief/primary"
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
nibodhatalearn/understand
nibodhata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni+budh (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; "understand/learn"
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of them"
pradhānāḥthe chief (are)
pradhānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; "chief"
nāgānāmof the nāgas
nāgānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootnāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; "of the nāgas"
śeṣa-vāsuki-takṣakāḥŚeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka
śeṣa-vāsuki-takṣakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsuki (प्रातिपदिक) + takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर; सूची-समास); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; "Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka"