Shloka 2
ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana
Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering
Devanagari script
यदेतदुक्तं भवतागृहाणीत्येव विस्तृतम् / कथं देवगृहाणि स्युः कथं ज्योतींषिवर्णय
Transliteration
yadetaduktaṃ bhavatāgṛhāṇītyeva vistṛtam / kathaṃ devagṛhāṇi syuḥ kathaṃ jyotīṃṣivarṇaya
Translation
You have spoken at length, saying, “Accept the gṛhas (abodes)”; how then are the divine abodes, and how should the heavenly lights be described?
Word by Word
yatwhich (that)
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun
uktamsaid
uktam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त/क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
bhavatāby you
bhavatā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); honorific pronoun
gṛhāṇihouses
gṛhāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक अव्यय)
vistṛtamexpanded, detailed
vistṛtam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi√stṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle used adjectivally (क्त-कृदन्त विशेषण), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kathamhow?
katham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय)
deva-gṛhāṇihouses of the gods
deva-gṛhāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवस्य गृहाणि); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
syuḥwould be / may be
syuḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormPotential/Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
kathamhow?
katham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय)
jyotīṃṣiluminaries
jyotīṃṣi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
varṇayadescribe
varṇaya:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√varṇ (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)