Shloka 67

Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description

Devanagari script

यक्षा वीरा महासत्त्वा धनिनः प्रियदर्शनाः / एकादशसहस्राणि वर्षाणां ते महौजसः

Transliteration

yakṣā vīrā mahāsattvā dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ / ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ te mahaujasaḥ

Translation

Those Yakṣas are heroic, of mighty nature, wealthy and fair to behold; endowed with great vigor, they live for eleven thousand years.

Word by Word

• yakṣāḥ: Yakṣas
• yakṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vīrāḥ: heroic
• vīrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective to yakṣāḥ

• mahāsattvāḥ: of great strength/being
• mahāsattvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + sattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective to yakṣāḥ

• dhaninaḥ: wealthy
• dhaninaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective to yakṣāḥ

• priyadarśanāḥ: pleasant-looking
• priyadarśanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘pleasant to behold’

• ekādaśa-sahasrāṇi: eleven thousands
• ekādaśa-sahasrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound)

• varṣāṇām: of years
• varṣāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; genitive of measure ‘of years’

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mahaujasaḥ: of great vigor
• mahaujasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective to te/yakṣāḥ