Shloka 77
Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
Devanagari script
मिथुनानि प्रसूयन्ते स्त्रियश्चाप्सरसः समाः / तेषां ते क्षीरिणां क्षीरं पिबन्ति ह्यमृतो पमम्
Transliteration
mithunāni prasūyante striyaścāpsarasaḥ samāḥ / teṣāṃ te kṣīriṇāṃ kṣīraṃ pibanti hyamṛto pamam
Translation
There, births occur as pairs, and the women are like apsarases. They drink the milk of the milk-bearing ones—milk that is like amṛta itself.
Word by Word
mithunānipairs, couples
mithunāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmithuna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
prasūyanteare produced/are born forth
prasūyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootprasū (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
striyaḥwomen
striyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात
apsarasaḥapsarases (celestial nymphs)
apsarasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootapsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (वैकल्पिक-रूप: अप्सरसः)
samāḥequal, alike
samāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्त्रियः/अप्सरसः)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (emphatic/they)
kṣīriṇāmof the milk-bearing (ones)
kṣīriṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣīrin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तेषाम/ते)
kṣīrammilk
kṣīram:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣīra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन
pibantidrink
pibanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpā (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis/indeed)
amṛta-upamamcomparable to nectar
amṛta-upamam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootamṛta + upama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अमृतस्य उपमम्) विशेषण (क्षीरम्)