Shloka 194
व्यासशिष्योत्पत्तिवर्णन (Origins/Enumeration of Vyāsa’s Disciplic Succession) — Chapter on Vedic Transmission Lineages
Devanagari script
पितॄणां प्रजाया चैव देवानामिज्यया तथा / शतंवर्षसहस्राणां धर्मे वर्णात्मके स्थिताः
Transliteration
pitṝṇāṃ prajāyā caiva devānāmijyayā tathā / śataṃvarṣasahasrāṇāṃ dharme varṇātmake sthitāḥ
Translation
By honoring the Pitris, sustaining progeny, and worshipping the Devas, they remained established in the varna-formed Dharma for thousands of centuries.
Word by Word
पितॄणाम्of the ancestors
पितॄणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
प्रजायाःof progeny/offspring
प्रजायाः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/limiting particle)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)
इज्ययाby worship/sacrifice
इज्यया:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइज्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)
शतं-वर्ष-सहस्राणाम्of hundreds of thousands of years
शतं-वर्ष-सहस्राणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)
धर्मेin dharma
धर्मे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
वर्ण-आत्मकेhaving the character of the varṇas
वर्ण-आत्मके:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'having the nature of varṇa')
स्थिताःwere established/abided
स्थिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)