Shloka 45

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

द्यौश्वैव पृथिवी चापि दिशश्व प्रदिशस्तथा

Transliteration

dyauḥ śvaiva pṛthivī cāpi diśaś ca pradiśas tathā

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The very sky and the earth, and likewise all the directions and sub-directions…”

Word by Word

• द्यौः: the sky/heaven
• द्यौः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्रदिशः: the intermediate directions (sub-directions)
• प्रदिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• dyauḥ (sky/heaven)
• pṛthivī (earth)
• diśaḥ (directions)
• pradiśaḥ (sub-directions)