Shloka 84

प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्

Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa

Devanagari script

देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुतः प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते / प्रागायतः स सौवर्णो ह्युदयो नाम पर्वतः

Transliteration

devarṣigandharvayutaḥ prathamo merurucyate / prāgāyataḥ sa sauvarṇo hyudayo nāma parvataḥ

Translation

La primera montaña, acompañada de devarṣis y gandharvas, es llamada Meru. Extendida hacia el oriente, esa montaña áurea se nombra Udaya.

Word by Word

• devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ: accompanied by divine seers and Gandharvas
• devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva-ṛṣi-gandharva-yuta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); yuta = 'endowed/associated with'

• prathamaḥ: the first
• prathamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• meruḥ: Meru (mountain)
• meruḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्; present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), karmaṇi-prayoga (कर्मणि; passive)

• prāk-āyataḥ: extended eastward
• prāk-āyataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāk-āyata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• saḥ: that (mountain)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• sauvarṇaḥ: golden
• sauvarṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Avadhāraṇa/Hetu (अवधारण/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात)

• udayaḥ: Udaya (name)
• udayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Saṃjñā-bodhaka (संज्ञाबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; nomen particle (नाम-निपात) indicating appellation

• parvataḥ: mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)