Shloka 12

Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala

Earth after Pralaya

Devanagari script

गिरयो हि निगीर्णत्वादयनात्तु शिलोच्चयाः / तत स्तावासमुद्धृत्य क्षितिमंतर्जलात्प्रभुः

Transliteration

girayo hi nigīrṇatvādayanāttu śiloccayāḥ / tata stāvāsamuddhṛtya kṣitimaṃtarjalātprabhuḥ

Translation

Parce qu’ils furent ‘engloutis’, on les nomme giri, et parce qu’ils sont des amas de pierre élevés, śiloccaya. Alors le Seigneur les souleva et tira la terre hors des eaux intérieures.

Word by Word

• girayaḥ: mountains
• girayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle) giving reason/emphasis

• nigīrṇatvāt: because of being swallowed/engulfed
• nigīrṇatvāt: Hetu (हेतु; cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni-√gṝ (धातु) → nigīrṇa (कृदन्त) + -tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Abstract noun in -tva; Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana

• ayanāt: because of moving/going (or ‘from their course’)
• ayanāt: Hetu (हेतु; cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle)

• śiloccayāḥ: heaps of rocks
• śiloccayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता; predicate/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (determinative: śilānām uccayaḥ); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb) indicating sequence ‘then/from that’

• tān: those (mountains)
• tān: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana

• asamuddhṛtya: without lifting up / not having raised
• asamuddhṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: a- + sam-ud-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund) with negative prefix a-; pūrvakāla-kriyā

• kṣitim: the earth
• kṣitim: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana

• antarjalāt: from within the waters
• antarjalāt: Apādāna (अपादान; source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (antar + jala = ‘within water’); Napuṃsaka, Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता; subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana