Shloka 84

प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्

Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa

Devanagari script

देवर्षिगन्धर्वयुतः प्रथमो मेरुरुच्यते / प्रागायतः स सौवर्णो ह्युदयो नाम पर्वतः

Transliteration

devarṣigandharvayutaḥ prathamo merurucyate / prāgāyataḥ sa sauvarṇo hyudayo nāma parvataḥ

Translation

La première montagne, où résident devarṣis et gandharvas, est appelée Meru. S’étendant vers l’orient, cette montagne d’or porte le nom d’Udaya.

Word by Word

• devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ: accompanied by divine seers and Gandharvas
• devarṣi-gandharva-yutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva-ṛṣi-gandharva-yuta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); yuta = 'endowed/associated with'

• prathamaḥ: the first
• prathamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• meruḥ: Meru (mountain)
• meruḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्; present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), karmaṇi-prayoga (कर्मणि; passive)

• prāk-āyataḥ: extended eastward
• prāk-āyataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāk-āyata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• saḥ: that (mountain)
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma; Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• sauvarṇaḥ: golden
• sauvarṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Avadhāraṇa/Hetu (अवधारण/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात)

• udayaḥ: Udaya (name)
• udayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Saṃjñā-bodhaka (संज्ञाबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; nomen particle (नाम-निपात) indicating appellation

• parvataḥ: mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)