Shloka 50

Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

दौ पुत्री ब्रह्मणस्त्वन्यौ ययोस्तिष्ठति लक्षणम्‌ । लोके धाता विधाता च यौ स्थितौ मनुना सह,ब्रह्माजीके दो पुत्र और थे, जिनका धारण-पोषण और सृष्टिरूप लक्षण लोकमें सदा ही उपलब्ध होता है। उनके नाम हैं धाता और विधाता। ये मनुके साथ रहते हैं

Transliteration

dve putryau brahmaṇas tv anyau yayos tiṣṭhati lakṣaṇam | loke dhātā vidhātā ca yau sthitau manunā saha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Brahmā had two other sons, whose defining functions are always evident in the world—sustaining and ordering creation. They are named Dhātā and Vidhātā, and they abide together with Manu.

Word by Word

द्वौtwo

पुत्रौsons

ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā

तुbut/indeed

अन्यौother (two)

ययोःof whom (of the two)

तिष्ठतिstands/exists

लक्षणम्characteristic/mark

लोकेin the world

धाताDhātā (the sustainer/creator)

विधाताVidhātā (the ordainer/disposer)

चand

यौwho (the two)

स्थितौstanding/abiding

मनुनाwith Manu

सहtogether with

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahmā (Brahmājī)

Dhātā

Vidhātā

Manu

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes