Shloka 39
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
अष्टौ तु तारकाद्याश्च तेषां शक्तिवधाः स्मृताः / अन्तः प्रकाशास्ते सर्वे आवृताश्च बहिः पुनः
Transliteration
aṣṭau tu tārakādyāśca teṣāṃ śaktivadhāḥ smṛtāḥ / antaḥ prakāśāste sarve āvṛtāśca bahiḥ punaḥ
Translation
There are eight—Tāraka and the rest—and their distinctions of śakti are taught in the smṛtis; all are luminous within, yet outwardly they are again veiled.
Word by Word
aṣṭaueight
aṣṭau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural (numeral used substantively)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
tāraka-ādyāḥthose beginning with Tāraka
tāraka-ādyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottāraka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (tāraka-ādi = beginning with Tāraka)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
śakti-vadhāḥtheir power-based destructions/slayings
śakti-vadhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśakti (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; समासः तत्पुरुषः (śakteḥ vadhāḥ = destructions by power / power-slayings)
smṛtāḥare said
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘are said/remembered’
antaḥwithin
antaḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘within/inside’
prakāśāḥluminous
prakāśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootprakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; predicate adjective (they are luminous)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural; विशेषणम् (qualifying te)
āvṛtāḥcovered
āvṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootāvṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘covered/enveloped’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
bahiḥoutside
bahiḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahiḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘outside’
punaḥagain/further
punaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) ‘again/further’