Shloka 42

Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana

The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply

Devanagari script

तेजसश्वाप्युपायानां दधातीह शरीरिणः / प्राणाद्या वृत्तयः पञ्च धारणानां स्ववृत्तिभिः

Transliteration

tejasaśvāpyupāyānāṃ dadhātīha śarīriṇaḥ / prāṇādyā vṛttayaḥ pañca dhāraṇānāṃ svavṛttibhiḥ

Translation

He establishes here, within embodied beings, the means of tejas as well; the five functions beginning with prāṇa uphold the sustaining power through their own activities.

Word by Word

• tejasas: from/through radiance (tejas)
• tejasas: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/inclusion

• upāyānām: of the means/methods
• upāyānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• dadhāti: places/establishes
• dadhāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• śarīriṇaḥ: of the embodied being
• śarīriṇaḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāṇa-ādyāḥ: beginning with prāṇa
• prāṇa-ādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāṇa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘prāṇa as first’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vṛttayaḥ: functions/activities
• vṛttayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable in form; qualifying plural noun

• dhāraṇānām: of the supports/retentions
• dhāraṇānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sva-vṛttibhiḥ: by their own functions
• sva-vṛttibhiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘own functions’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)