Shloka 53

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

एतास्तु वीथयस्तिस्रो दक्षिणे मार्ग उच्यते / अष्टाविशति याः कन्या दक्षः सोमाय ता ददौ

Transliteration

etāstu vīthayastisro dakṣiṇe mārga ucyate / aṣṭāviśati yāḥ kanyā dakṣaḥ somāya tā dadau

Translation

Ces trois vīthi sont appelées la « voie du sud ». Les vingt-huit jeunes filles furent données par Dakṣa à Soma (Candra).

Word by Word

• etāḥ: these
• etāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; pronoun

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta/particle

• vīthayaḥ: paths/avenues
• vīthayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• tisraḥ: three
• tisraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक; संख्यावाचक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; numeral adjective qualifying vīthayaḥ

• dakṣiṇe: in the southern (region)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Loc/7th), Ekavacana; used adverbially/locatively with mārge (implied)

• mārgaḥ: path/route
• mārgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातu)
• Form: Laṭ (Present), 3rd person, singular; passive (karmaṇi)

• aṣṭāviṃśati: twenty-eight
• aṣṭāviṃśati: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana; numeral (28) used as viśeṣaṇa of kanyāḥ (plural sense as a numeral)

• yāḥ: who/which
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun referring to kanyāḥ

• kanyāḥ: maidens/daughters
• kanyāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana; proper noun

• somāya: to Soma (Moon)
• somāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī vibhakti (Dative/4th), Ekavacana

• tāḥ: them
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc/2nd), Bahuvacana; pronoun referring to kanyāḥ

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada