Shloka 67

अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures

Devanagari script

पर्यागच्छेत्पतङ्गो ऽसौ मध्ये काष्ठान्तमेव हि / मध्येन पुष्करस्याथ भ्रमते दक्षिणायने

Transliteration

paryāgacchetpataṅgo 'sau madhye kāṣṭhāntameva hi / madhyena puṣkarasyātha bhramate dakṣiṇāyane

Translation

That Patanga, the Sun, reaches the very end of the kāṣṭhā at the middle; then, in the dakṣiṇāyana, it revolves through the midst of Puṣkara.

Word by Word

• paryāgacchet: would go around/reach
• paryāgacchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada; 'would go around/reach'

• pataṅgaḥ: the Sun (lit. bird/insect)
• pataṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pataṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• asau: that (one)
• asau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in the middle'

• kāṣṭhā-antam: the end of the kāṣṭhā
• kāṣṭhā-antam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'the end/limit of a kāṣṭhā'

• eva: only/just
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात); restriction/emphasis

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• madhyena: through the middle
• madhyena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; 'through/by the middle'

• puṣkarasya: of Puṣkara
• puṣkarasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; 'of Puṣkara'

• atha: then/and now
• atha: Samuccaya/Anukrama (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/conjunction (निपात) indicating sequence

• bhramate: moves/turns
• bhramate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhram (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• dakṣiṇa-ayane: in the southern solstice/course
• dakṣiṇa-ayane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense: 'in the southern course (dakṣiṇāyana)'