Shloka 21
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि संख्यातानि तु संख्याया / दिव्यवर्षसहस्र तु प्राहुः संख्याविदो जनाः
Transliteration
ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi saṃkhyātāni tu saṃkhyāyā / divyavarṣasahasra tu prāhuḥ saṃkhyāvido janāḥ
Translation
Selon le calcul, on compte soixante mille ; et les connaisseurs des nombres disent que cela fait mille années divines.
Word by Word
ṣaṣṭiḥsixty
ṣaṣṭiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; numeral used substantively
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
saṃkhyātānicounted/numbered
saṃkhyātāni:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicative with sahasrāṇi: 'counted/numbered'
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
saṃkhyāyāḥof the number/counting
saṃkhyāyāḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
divya-varṣa-sahasrama thousand divine years
divya-varṣa-sahasram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) / Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'thousand of divine-years' (divya-varṣāṇām sahasram)
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
prāhuḥthey declare
prāhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्/liṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; parasmaipada
saṃkhyāvidaḥknowers of enumeration
saṃkhyāvidaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā-vid (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: 'knowers of numbers'
janāḥpeople
janāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; in apposition to saṃkhyāvidaḥ