Shloka 54

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

सर्वा नक्षत्रनाम्न्यस्ता ज्यौतिषे परिकीर्त्तिताः / तासामपत्यान्यभवन्दीप्तयो ऽमिततेजसः

Transliteration

sarvā nakṣatranāmnyastā jyautiṣe parikīrttitāḥ / tāsāmapatyānyabhavandīptayo 'mitatejasaḥ

Translation

Toutes celles qui portent des noms de nakṣatra sont célébrées dans la science du jyotiṣa. Leur descendance naquit rayonnante, d’une splendeur sans mesure.

Word by Word

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa of (tāḥ/kanyāḥ)

• nakṣatra-nāmni: under the nakṣatra-name
• nakṣatra-nāmni: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (Loc/7th), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: nakṣatra-nāman = ‘name of a nakṣatra’; locative ‘in/under the nakṣatra-name’

• astāḥ: were (placed/known)
• astāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ lakāra (Aorist), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada; sense: ‘were/ existed’

• jyautiṣe: in astronomy/astrology
• jyautiṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyautiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (Loc/7th), Ekavacana; locative of domain

• parikīrttitāḥ: are proclaimed/recorded
• parikīrttitāḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa / Predicative (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-kīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (-ta), Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; predicative with sarvāḥ

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen/6th), Bahuvacana; pronoun

• apatyāni: offspring/children
• apatyāni: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• abhavan: became/were
• abhavan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ lakāra (Aorist/Imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• dīptayaḥ: splendors/luminous ones
• dīptayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• amita-tejasaḥ: of immeasurable radiance
• amita-tejasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; bahuvrīhi: ‘those whose tejas is immeasurable’; qualifies dīptayaḥ