Shloka 4
चतुर्युगाख्यान (Caturyuga-Ākhyāna) — Yuga-wise Origins and Measurements of Beings
Devanagari script
स्वेनाङ्गुलप्रमाणेन निष्पन्नेन च पौष्टिकात् / एतत्स्वाभाविकं तेषां प्रमाणमिति कुर्वते
Transliteration
svenāṅgulapramāṇena niṣpannena ca pauṣṭikāt / etatsvābhāvikaṃ teṣāṃ pramāṇamiti kurvate
Translation
Par leur propre mesure d’aṅgula, accomplie grâce à la nourriture et au soutien, ils fixent les dimensions ; et cela est tenu pour leur mesure naturelle.
Word by Word
svenaby their own
svena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; reflexive/possessive adjective
aṅgula-pramāṇenaby the measure of an aṅgula
aṅgula-pramāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅgula-pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; tatpuruṣa: aṅgula + pramāṇa
niṣpannenaproduced/formed
niṣpannena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣpanna (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from निष्+√पद/√पद् in sense 'produced/formed')
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; past participle used adjectivally
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
pauṣṭikātfrom nourishment/strength
pauṣṭikāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpauṣṭika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from nourishment/strengthening (factor)'
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
svābhāvikamnatural
svābhāvikam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvābhāvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; agrees with etat/pramāṇam
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormGenitive (6th), Plural
pramāṇammeasure
pramāṇam:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootpramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
kurvatethey make/consider
kurvate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; ātmanepada