Shloka 8

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

एकततक्ष द्वितश्रैव त्रितश्नादित्यसंनिभा: । सर्वे प्रजापतिसमा: प्रजावन्तस्तथैव च

Transliteration

ekatata-kṣa dvitāś caiva tritāśnāditya-saṁnibhāḥ | sarve prajāpati-samāḥ prajā-vantas tathaiva ca ||

Translation

Ekat, Dvit et Trit—resplendissants comme le soleil. Tous étaient comparables à Prajāpati, le grand progéniteur, et chacun était pareillement pourvu de descendance.

Word by Word

• एकतश्च: on one side
• एकतश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• द्वितश्च: on the second side
• द्वितश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वितस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• त्रितश्च: on the third side
• त्रितश्च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्रितस्
• Form: Avyaya (directional adverb)

• आदित्य-संनिभाः: resembling the sun
• आदित्य-संनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्यसंनिभ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रजापति-समाः: equal to Prajapati
• प्रजापति-समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजापतिसम
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• प्रजावन्तः: having offspring
• प्रजावन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजावत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Āditya (the Sun)
• Prajāpati