Shloka 22
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
इत्येवमृषिभिर्गीतं दिव्यया संख्याया त्विह / दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्याप्रकल्पनम्
Transliteration
ityevamṛṣibhirgītaṃ divyayā saṃkhyāyā tviha / divyenaiva pramāṇena yugasaṃkhyāprakalpanam
Translation
Ainsi les ṛṣi l’ont chanté ici selon le nombre divin ; et c’est par cette même mesure céleste qu’a été établi le décompte des yuga.
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
evamin this manner
evam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
ṛṣibhiḥby sages
ṛṣibhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
gītamsung/recited
gītam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgai (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative: 'has been sung/recited'
divyayādivine
divyayā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adjective qualifying saṃkhyayā
saṃkhyayāby (means of) enumeration
saṃkhyayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
ihahere
iha:
Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
divyenadivine
divyena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adjective qualifying pramāṇena
evaalone/indeed
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
pramāṇenaby the measure/standard
pramāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
yuga-saṃkhyā-prakalpanamthe computation/arrangement of yuga numbers
yuga-saṃkhyā-prakalpanam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyuga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + prakalpana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'the arrangement/setting forth of yuga-count'