Shloka 11

लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification

Devanagari script

देवान् सृष्ट्वा ततः सो ऽथ तनुं दिव्यामपोहत / उत्सृष्टा सा तनुस्तेन अहः समभवत्तदा

Transliteration

devān sṛṣṭvā tataḥ so 'tha tanuṃ divyāmapohata / utsṛṣṭā sā tanustena ahaḥ samabhavattadā

Translation

Après avoir créé les devas, il écarta son corps divin; ce corps, une fois abandonné, devint alors « ahaḥ », le jour.

Word by Word

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• sṛṣṭvā: having created
• sṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु) → sṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा); 'having created'

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

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• atha: then
• atha: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, discourse particle (निपात): 'then/now'

• tanuṃ: body/form
• tanuṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• divyām: divine
• divyām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifies tanuṃ

• apohata: removed/cast off
• apohata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: apa-uh (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• utsṛṣṭā: cast forth/released
• utsṛṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-sṛj (धातु) → utsṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Feminine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with sā tanuḥ

• sā: that
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tanuḥ: body/form
• tanuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tena: by that/thereby
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• ahaḥ: day
• ahaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahar (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• samabhavat: came to be/arose
• samabhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, temporal adverb (कालवाचक): 'then/at that time'