Shloka 2
Nimivaṃśānukīrtana (Genealogical Recitation of the Nimi Line) — with Atri–Soma Origin Motif
Devanagari script
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शुभान्येव समाचरन् / काष्ठकुड्यशिलाभूत ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्महाद्युतिः
Transliteration
karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhānyeva samācaran / kāṣṭhakuḍyaśilābhūta ūrddhvabāhurmahādyutiḥ
Translation
Par l’acte, la pensée et la parole, il n’accomplissait que le bien; immobile comme le bois, le mur et la pierre, les bras levés, il rayonnait d’un éclat immense.
Word by Word
karmaṇāby action
karmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण
manasāby mind
manasā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण
vācāby speech
vācā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण
śubhānigood (deeds)
śubhāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कर्म (object of samācaran)
evaonly/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपातः (restrictive/emphatic)
samācaranpractising/performing
samācaran:
Karta (कर्ता; participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-car (धातु)
Formशतृ (present active participle/कृत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (agreeing with implied atriḥ)
kāṣṭha-kuḍya-śilā-bhūtaḥbecome like wood, wall, and stone (insensible/immovable)
kāṣṭha-kuḍya-śilā-bhūtaḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāṣṭha + kuḍya + śilā + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक; components)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (one become like wood/wall/stone)
ūrddhva-bāhuḥwith arms raised upward
ūrddhva-bāhuḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootūrddhva-bāhu (प्रातिपदिक; ūrddhva + bāhu)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य बाहू ऊर्ध्वौ (one whose arms are raised)
mahā-dyutiḥof great splendor
mahā-dyutiḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-dyuti (प्रातिपदिक; mahā + dyuti)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्