Shloka 44
Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन
Devanagari script
एवमेव चतुःपादं पुराणं लोकसम्मतम् / उवाच भागवान्सक्षाद्वायुलोकहिते रतः
Transliteration
evameva catuḥpādaṃ purāṇaṃ lokasammatam / uvāca bhāgavānsakṣādvāyulokahite rataḥ
Translation
Ainsi, ce Purāṇa en quatre parties, reconnu par le monde, fut énoncé directement par le bienheureux Vāyu, voué au bien des êtres.
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (अवधारण)
catuḥ-pādamfour-part (having four sections)
catuḥ-pādam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound 'four-footed/four-part'; Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'purāṇam'
purāṇamPurāṇa
purāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
loka-sammatamapproved by the world
loka-sammatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootloka + sammata (सम् + मन् धातु, क्त)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) 'lokena sammatam' (approved by the world); Past passive participle (क्त, कृदन्त) used adjectivally; Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
uvācasaid/spoke
uvāca:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्, perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथम), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
sakṣātdirectly/in person
sakṣāt:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsakṣāt (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (प्रत्यक्षतः)
vāyu-loka-hitein/for the welfare of Vāyu’s world
vāyu-loka-hite:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu + loka + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa chain (तत्पुरुष): 'vāyoḥ lokaḥ' + 'tasya hite' (for the welfare of Vāyu's world/for the world for Vāyu); Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
rataḥengaged/devoted
rataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootrata (रम् धातु, क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त, कृदन्त) used adjectivally; Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate of 'bhagavān'