Shloka 93
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
वेदव्यासस्ततो जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरस्सरः / तथैव नवमे विष्णुरदित्याः कश्यपात्मजः
Transliteration
vedavyāsastato jajñe jātūkarṇyapurassaraḥ / tathaiva navame viṣṇuradityāḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ
Translation
Then was born Vedavyāsa, going forth in the forefront with Jātūkarṇya. Likewise, in the ninth incarnation Viṣṇu appeared as the son of Kaśyapa, born of Aditi.
Word by Word
veda-vyāsaḥVeda-Vyāsa
veda-vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘Vyāsa of the Vedas / Veda-Vyāsa’
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kāla (काल/Temporal adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
FormAvyaya (Indeclinable/अव्यय); adverb ‘then/thereafter’
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormLiṭ (Perfect/लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada
jātūkarṇya-purassaraḥwith Jātūkarṇya as the forerunner
jātūkarṇya-purassaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition/epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootjātūkarṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + purassara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘having Jātūkarṇya in front/preceded by Jātūkarṇya’
tathāthus
tathā:
Prakāra (प्रकार/Adverbial manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb ‘thus/so’
evaindeed
eva:
Nipāta (निपात/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle of emphasis ‘indeed/just’
navamein the ninth (instance)
navame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootnavama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; ordinal locative ‘in the ninth’
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
adityāḥof Aditi
adityāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootaditi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive), Ekavacana
kaśyapa-ātmajaḥson of Kaśyapa
kaśyapa-ātmajaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; epithet of Viṣṇu)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘son of Kaśyapa’