Shloka 45
Pitāmaha-sabhā-varṇana & Hariścandra-māhātmya
Description of Brahmā’s Assembly and the Eminence of Hariścandra
Devanagari script
पितृणां च गणान् विद्धि सप्तैव पुरुषर्षभ । मूर्तिमन्तो हि चत्वारस्त्रयश्चाप्पशरीरिण:,नरश्रेष्ठ! तुम्हें मालूम होना चाहिये कि पितरोंके सात ही गण होते हैं, जिनमें चार तो मूर्तिमान् हैं और तीन अमूर्त
Transliteration
pitṝṇāṁ ca gaṇān viddhi saptaiva puruṣarṣabha | mūrtimanto hi catvāras trayaś cāpy aśarīriṇaḥ ||
Translation
Nārada said: “O bull among men, know that the ancestral Fathers (Pitṛs) are arranged in seven distinct groups. Of these, four are embodied—possessing form—while three are without bodies, subtle and formless.”
Word by Word
पितृणाम्of the Pitṛs (manes)
पितृणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
गणान्groups, classes
गणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विद्धिknow (you), understand
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पुरुषर्षभO bull among men
पुरुषर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मूर्तिमन्तःembodied, having form
मूर्तिमन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्तिमन्त्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिfor, indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
चत्वारःfour
चत्वारः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अप्-शरीरिणःhaving a watery body / of water-body (amorphous)
अप्-शरीरिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्-शरीरिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaP
Pitṛs (ancestral fathers)P
puruṣarṣabha (addressed interlocutor: best of men)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes