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Shloka 3

चतुर्युगाख्यान (Caturyuga-Ākhyāna) — Yuga-wise Origins and Measurements of Beings

परिणाहोच्छ्रयैस्तुल्या जायन्ते ह कृते युगे / षण्णवत्यङ्गुलो त्सेधो ह्यष्टानां देवजन्मनाम्

pariṇāhocchrayaistulyā jāyante ha kṛte yuge / ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulo tsedho hyaṣṭānāṃ devajanmanām

In the Kṛta Yuga they are born equal in breadth and height; the eight kinds of divine birth have a stature of ninety-six aṅgulas.

pariṇāha-ucchrayaiḥby (their) girth and height
pariṇāha-ucchrayaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpariṇāha-ucchraya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; dvandva: pariṇāha (girth) + ucchraya (height)
tulyāḥequal
tulyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottulya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Plural; agrees with prajāḥ (understood)
jāyanteare born
jāyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; ātmanepada
haindeed
ha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
kṛtein the Kṛta (yuga)
kṛte:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Singular; 'kṛta-yuga' implied
yugein the yuga
yuge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th), Singular
ṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgulaḥof ninety-six aṅgulas
ṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgulaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; dvigu numeral compound meaning 'ninety-six aṅgulas'
utsedhaḥheight
utsedhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootutsedha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
hifor/indeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; causal/emphatic particle
aṣṭānāmof eight
aṣṭānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th), Plural; numeral adjective
deva-janmanāmof the divine beings
deva-janmanām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva-janman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th), Plural; tatpuruṣa: deva + janman (birth/being) → 'divine beings/births'