Shloka 26

Dānavavaṃśa-pradhāna-nāmāvalī

Catalogue of Prominent Sons of Danu

Devanagari script

बह्वपत्ये उभे कन्ये मारीचस्य परिग्रहः / तयोः पुत्रसहस्राणि षष्टिर्दानवपुङ्गवाः

Transliteration

bahvapatye ubhe kanye mārīcasya parigrahaḥ / tayoḥ putrasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭirdānavapuṅgavāḥ

Translation

Ces deux jeunes filles fécondes furent prises pour épouses par Marīci; d’elles naquirent soixante mille fils, les plus éminents parmi les Dānava.

Word by Word

• bahu-apatye: having many children
• bahu-apatye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu + apatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) dual (द्विवचन); बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्राय usage ‘having many offspring’; here as qualifier of 'kanye'

• ubhe: both
• ubhe: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) dual (द्विवचन)

• kanye: two daughters/maidens
• kanye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) dual (द्विवचन)

• mārīcasya: of Mārīca
• mārīcasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārīca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) singular (एकवचन)

• parigrahaḥ: consort/possession (wife)
• parigrahaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) / Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन); predicate noun ‘(were) the wives/consorts’

• tayoḥ: of those two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी) dual (द्विवचन)

• putra-sahasrāṇi: thousands of sons
• putra-sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुष: ‘thousands of sons’

• ṣaṣṭiḥ: sixty
• ṣaṣṭiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) singular (एकवचन); numeral used as count

• dānava-puṅgavāḥ: chief Dānavas
• dānava-puṅgavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava + puṅgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: ‘bulls/chiefs among Dānavas’