Shloka 112

Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada

Devanagari script

भूताभवादिनः शक्तास्त्रयो वेदाः प्रवादिनाम् / अग्नीध्रः काश्यपश्चैव पौलस्त्यो मागधश्च यः

Transliteration

bhūtābhavādinaḥ śaktāstrayo vedāḥ pravādinām / agnīdhraḥ kāśyapaścaiva paulastyo māgadhaśca yaḥ

Translation

Ceux qui enseignent le bhūta-ābhava (l’origine des êtres) sont puissants ; pour les prédicateurs, les trois Veda sont pramāṇa. Ce sont Agnīdhra, Kāśyapa, Paulastya et aussi Māgadha.

Word by Word

• bhūta-abhavādinaḥ: those who assert the non-existence of beings
• bhūta-abhavādinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + abhāva + vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: ‘speakers of non-existence of beings’

• śaktāḥ: capable
• śaktāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: Past participle (क्त/कृत), Masculine Nominative Plural; ‘able/competent’

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral agreeing with vedāḥ

• vedāḥ: Vedas
• vedāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• pravādinām: of the proclaimers/expounders
• pravādinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• agnīdhraḥ: Agnīdhra
• agnīdhraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agnīdhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kāśyapaḥ: Kāśyapa
• kāśyapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• paulastyaḥ: Paulastya
• paulastyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• māgadhaḥ: Māgadha
• māgadhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun (referring to a person mentioned/understood)