Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देवासुराश्चैव ऋषयो मानवास्तथा / युक्तास्तनुमुपासंते उषाव्युष्ट्योर्यदन्तरम्

Transliteration

tasmāddevāsurāścaiva ṛṣayo mānavāstathā / yuktāstanumupāsaṃte uṣāvyuṣṭyoryadantaram

Translation

C’est pourquoi Devas et Asuras, ainsi que les Ṛṣi et les hommes, avec maîtrise, vénèrent la forme située entre Uṣā et Vyushti.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative-form used adverbially; therefore

• deva-asurāḥ: gods and asuras
• deva-asurāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva-samāsa; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya (conjunction)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Avyaya (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb/conjunctive ‘likewise’

• yuktāḥ: engaged / devoted
• yuktāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (धातु)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (past passive participle) used adjectivally, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom.,1st), Bahuvacana

• tanum: the form/body (i.e., twilight-form)
• tanum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc.,2nd), Ekavacana

• upāsaṃte: worship / attend upon
• upāsaṃte: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√ās (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana, Ātmanepada

• uṣā-vyuṣṭyoḥ: of dawn and daybreak
• uṣā-vyuṣṭyoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + vyuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva-samāsa; Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen.,6th), Dvivacana (dual)

• yat: which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• antaram: the interval / the in-between
• antaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Prathamā/ Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana