Shloka 87

Devanagari script

प्रत्यहं चरते तानि सूर्या वै मण्डलक्रमात् / कुलालचक्रपर्यन्तो यथा शीघ्रं निवर्त्तते

Transliteration

pratyahaṃ carate tāni sūryā vai maṇḍalakramāt / kulālacakraparyanto yathā śīghraṃ nivarttate

Translation

Cada día el Sol recorre esos tramos según el orden del maṇḍala; como la rueda del alfarero que gira veloz y vuelve sobre sí.

Word by Word

• prati-aham: daily
• prati-aham: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) compound used adverbially; meaning ‘each day’

• carate: moves/traverses
• carate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tāni: those (distances/segments)
• tāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sūryaḥ: the Sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• maṇḍalakramāt: from/according to the circular course
• maṇḍalakramāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍala + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kulālacakraparyantaḥ: like the rim/limit of a potter’s wheel
• kulālacakraparyantaḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kulāla + cakra + paryanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as upamāna-descriptor

• yathā: as/just as
• yathā: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Comparative particle (उपमा-बोधक अव्यय)

• śīghram: swiftly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)

• nivarttate: returns/turns back
• nivarttate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)