Shloka 43
Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana
The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply
Devanagari script
पूर्यमामः शरीराणां धारणं यस्य कुर्वते / आकाशयोनिर्द्विगुणः शाब्दस्पर्शसमन्वितः
Transliteration
pūryamāmaḥ śarīrāṇāṃ dhāraṇaṃ yasya kurvate / ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ śābdasparśasamanvitaḥ
Translation
That which upholds the bodies as they are being filled is born of ākāśa, double in quality, and endowed with sound and touch.
Word by Word
pūryamāmaḥwe fill / being filled (uncertain reading)
pūryamāmaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pṝ (पॄ धातु)
FormForm as transmitted is irregular/uncertain; likely Present (लट्) 1st person plural (उत्तमपुरुष बहुवचन) or a corrupt reading for pūryamāṇaḥ (Kridanta).
śarīrāṇāmof bodies
śarīrāṇām:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
dhāraṇamsupport/holding
dhāraṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
yasyawhose
yasya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन), relative pronoun
kurvate(two) do/perform
kurvate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन)
ākāśa-yoniḥone whose source is ether
ākāśa-yoniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘ether as source’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dviguṇaḥtwofold
dviguṇaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound ‘two-fold’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
śābda-sparśa-samanvitaḥendowed with sound and touch
śābda-sparśa-samanvitaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśābda + sparśa + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘endowed with sound and touch’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)