Shloka 21

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

योजनानां सहस््नं च शतं च भरतर्षभ । उत्सेधो वृक्षराजस्य दिवस्पृड्मनुजेश्वर,भरतश्रेष्ठ! मनुजेश्वर! उस वृक्षराजकी ऊँचाई ग्यारह सौ योजन है। वह (ऊँचाई) स्वर्गलोकको स्पर्श करती हुई-सी प्रतीत होती है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ ca śataṃ ca bharatarṣabha | utsedho vṛkṣarājasya divaspṛg manujeśvara ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O bull among the Bharatas, O lord of men—this king of trees rises to a height of eleven hundred yojanas. Its lofty stature appears as though it touches the very heavens.”

Word by Word

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उत्सेधः: height
• उत्सेधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सेध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृक्षराजस्य: of the king of trees
• वृक्षराजस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्षराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दिवस्पृक्: touching the sky/heaven
• दिवस्पृक्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिवस्-पृच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनुजेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocatives bharatarṣabha, manujeśvara)
• vṛkṣarāja (king of trees)
• svarga/divaḥ (heaven/sky)