Shloka 130

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

Earth after Pralaya

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पर्यगृह्णंस्तु नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान् / वृक्षगुल्मौषधीश्चैव प्रसह्य तु यथाबलम्

Transliteration

tataste paryagṛhṇaṃstu nadīkṣetrāṇi parvatān / vṛkṣagulmauṣadhīścaiva prasahya tu yathābalam

Translation

Puis ils encerclèrent et s’approprièrent rivières, terres et montagnes; et, par la force selon leur puissance, arrachèrent aussi arbres, buissons et plantes médicinales.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) / temporal
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya, temporal adverb

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (contextual), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative), Bahu-vacana

• paryagṛhṇan: they seized/appropriated all around
• paryagṛhṇan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + grah (ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Bahu-vacana; upasarga: pari (परि)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• nadī-kṣetrāṇi: rivers and fields
• nadī-kṣetrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (नदी) + kṣetra (क्षेत्र)
• Form: Dvandva (द्वन्द्व) compound; Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (द्वितीया/Accusative), Bahu-vacana

• parvatān: mountains
• parvatān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (पर्वत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative), Bahu-vacana

• vṛkṣa-gulma-auṣadhīḥ: trees, shrubs, and herbs
• vṛkṣa-gulma-auṣadhīḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (वृक्ष) + gulma (गुल्म) + auṣadhī (औषधी)
• Form: Dvandva compound; Strīliṅga (औषधी as head by usage) / collective; Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative), Bahu-vacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निपात)

• prasahya: forcibly
• prasahya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra + sah (सह् धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having forced/forcibly’

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• yathā-balam: according to their power
• yathā-balam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (यथा अव्यय) + bala (बल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) compound used adverbially; ‘according to strength’