Shloka 2

Cākṣuṣa–Vaivasvata Manvantara Transition, Deva-Gaṇa Taxonomy, and Loka-Triad Etymology

Bhūr–Antarikṣa–Dyu

Devanagari script

आदित्या वसवी रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे मरुद्गणाः / भृगवोंऽगिरसश्चैव ते ऽष्ठौ देवगणाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

ādityā vasavī rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve marudgaṇāḥ / bhṛgavoṃ'girasaścaiva te 'ṣṭhau devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the hosts of the Maruts, the Bhṛgus, and the Aṅgirasas—these are remembered as the eight divine groups.

Word by Word

• ādityāḥ: Ādityas
• ādityāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• vasavaḥ: Vasus
• vasavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• rudrāḥ: Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• sādhyāḥ: Sādhyas
• sādhyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• viśve: the Viśve (gods)
• viśve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक; gaṇa-name)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural (Viśve Devāḥ)

• marut-gaṇāḥ: the Marut hosts
• marut-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marut-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• bhṛgavaḥ: Bhṛgus
• bhṛgavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• aṅgirasaḥ: Aṅgirases
• aṅgirasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (एव)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; demonstrative pronoun

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral, Nominative (1st), Plural (common form for all genders)

• deva-gaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• deva-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/called
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/भावे प्रयोगः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ) (क्त/PPP)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively with 'te' (are called/remembered)