Shloka 137
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
सौरं सौम्यं तु विज्ञेयं नाक्षत्रं सावनं तथा / मानान्येतानि चत्वारि यैःपुराणे हि निश्चयः
Transliteration
sauraṃ saumyaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ nākṣatraṃ sāvanaṃ tathā / mānānyetāni catvāri yaiḥpurāṇe hi niścayaḥ
Translation
Il faut connaître le saura (solaire), le saumya (lunaire), le nākṣatra (stellaire) et le sāvana (civil) : ces quatre mesures fondent la certitude dans le Purāṇa.
Word by Word
सौरम्solar (measure)
सौरम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसौर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively as a kind of measure
सौम्यम्lunar (measure)
सौम्यम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
विज्ञेयम्to be known
विज्ञेयम्:
Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेयविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootवि√ज्ञा (धातु)
FormGerundive (तव्यत्-कृत्य), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
नाक्षत्रम्sidereal/stellar (measure)
नाक्षत्रम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
सावनम्civil/solar-day-based (measure)
सावनम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसावन (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used substantively
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
मानानिmeasures
मानानि:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमान (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
एतानिthese
एतानि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies मानानि
चत्वारिfour
चत्वारि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral, Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies मानानि
यैःby which
यैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
पुराणेin the Purāṇa
पुराणे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
हिindeed/for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/emphatic
निश्चयःcertainty/settled conclusion
निश्चयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)