Shloka 10

Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa

Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island

Devanagari script

परिमण्डलस्तयोर्मध्ये मेरः कनकपर्वत: । आदित्यतरुणाभासो विधूम इव पावक:,इन दोनोंके बीचमें मण्डलाकार सुवर्णमय मेरुपर्वत है, जो प्रातः:कालके सूर्यके समान प्रकाशमान तथा धूमरहित अग्निके समान कान्तिमान्‌ है

Transliteration

parimaṇḍalas tayor madhye meraḥ kanakaparvataḥ | ādityataruṇābhāso vidhūma iva pāvakaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Between those two stood Mount Meru, a circular mountain of gold—radiant like the young morning sun and brilliant like a smokeless fire.”

Word by Word

• परिमण्डलः: circular, round-shaped
• परिमण्डलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिमण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Common, Genitive, Dual

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मेरुः: Mount Meru
• मेरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कनकपर्वतः: the golden mountain
• कनकपर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनकपर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आदित्यतरुणाभासः: having the radiance of the young (morning) sun
• आदित्यतरुणाभासः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्य-तरुण-आभास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विधूमः: smokeless
• विधूमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधूम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Meru (Mount Meru)
• Āditya (Sun)
• Pāvaka/Agni (Fire)