Shloka 187
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
ऊर्द्ध्वलोकैः समावेतौ निरालोकौ च तावुभौ / कूटागारप्र माणैश्च शरीरैस्तत्र नारकाः
Transliteration
ūrddhvalokaiḥ samāvetau nirālokau ca tāvubhau / kūṭāgārapra māṇaiśca śarīraistatra nārakāḥ
Translation
Those two are encompassed by the higher worlds, yet they are without light. There the denizens of hell bear bodies as vast as towering mansions.
Word by Word
ऊर्ध्व-लोकैःwith the upper worlds
ऊर्ध्व-लोकैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; ‘by/with the upper worlds’
समावेतौassociated/combined
समावेतौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
FormPPP (क्त), Masculine, Nominative Dual (द्विवचन); qualifying ‘तौ उभौ’ ‘joined/associated’
निरालोकौdark, without light
निरालोकौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्-आलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Dual; ‘without light/without sight’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Dual
उभौboth
उभौ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Dual; apposition to ‘तौ’
कूटागार-प्रमाणैःof the size of a tall house
कूटागार-प्रमाणैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकूटागार (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental Plural; ‘of the measure/size of a kūṭāgāra (lofty house)’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
शरीरैःwith bodies
शरीरैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental Plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
नारकाःthe hell-beings/damned
नारकाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Plural