Shloka 22
Ābhūta-saṃplava & Loka-vibhāga
Dissolution Threshold and the Fourteen Abodes
Devanagari script
जनस्तु पञ्चमो लोकस्तस्माज्जायन्ति वै जनाः / तासां स्वायंभुवाद्यानां प्रजानां जननाज्जनः
Transliteration
janastu pañcamo lokastasmājjāyanti vai janāḥ / tāsāṃ svāyaṃbhuvādyānāṃ prajānāṃ jananājjanaḥ
Translation
Janaloka is the fifth realm; from it beings are indeed born. Because it is the place of the begetting of the prajās, beginning with Svāyambhuva, it is called “Jana”.
Word by Word
janaḥJana (Janaloka)
janaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
tubut/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta — contrast/continuation
pañcamaḥfifth
pañcamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ordinal adjective qualifying lokaḥ
lokaḥworld
lokaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
tasmātfrom that
tasmāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga/Napumsaka, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; ablative (‘from that’)
jāyantiare born/arise
jāyanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; ātmanepada
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormNipāta — emphasis
janāḥpeople/beings
janāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
tāsāmof those
tāsām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; genitive (‘of those’)
svāyaṃbhuva-ādyānāmof those beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva
svāyaṃbhuva-ādyānām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvāyaṃbhuva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana; compound meaning ‘beginning with Svāyaṃbhuva’; qualifying prajānām
prajānāmof the creatures/subjects
prajānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana
jananātfrom (their) begetting
jananāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjanana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapumsaka, Pañcamī (5th), Ekavacana; ablative (‘from birth/production’)
janaḥJana (name)
janaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana