Shloka 4
Adhyaya 53 — The Great Flood
Sanskrit
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संख्याताः सहस्राणि च विंशतिः ।
सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च संख्यया ॥
Transliteration
triṃśatkoṭyas tu saṃkhyātāḥ sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ | saptaṣaṣṭis tathānyāni niyutāni ca saṃkhyayā
Translation
તેનું પ્રમાણ ત્રીસ કરોડ, વીસ હજાર, અને વધુમાં સડસઠ; તેમજ સંખ્યામાં નિયુત (દસ-દસ હજાર) પણ વધારામાં ગણાય છે.
Word by Word
triṃśat-koṭyaḥthirty crores
triṃśat-koṭyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative Plural; 'thirty crores'
tuindeed/and
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) contrast/emphasis
saṃkhyātāḥcounted/numbered
saṃkhyātāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃkhyāta (कृदन्त; सम्+√khyā past participle)
FormFeminine, Nominative Plural; agrees with koṭyaḥ
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
viṃśatiḥtwenty
viṃśatiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; number 'twenty' (used appositionally with sahasrāṇi: 'twenty thousand')
sapta-ṣaṣṭiḥsixty-seven
sapta-ṣaṣṭiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; number 'sixty-seven'
tathāalso
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormParticle/adverb 'also/likewise'
anyāniother
anyāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative Plural; qualifies niyutāni
niyutāniten-thousands (niyutas)
niyutāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative Plural; 'niyuta' = ten-thousand (10,000)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
saṃkhyayāby count/number
saṃkhyayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental Singular; 'by number/count'
Speakers
Mārkaṇḍeya
Key Themes
CosmologySacred mathematicsChronology
FAQs
The tradition encodes cosmic time with precision-like enumeration to cultivate reverence for order (niyama) and the vastness within which human action still bears moral weight.
Manvantara: detailed temporal measure (pramāṇa) of a Manu-cycle.
Large-number language functions as a contemplative device: the mind is stretched beyond ordinary scales, loosening attachment to immediate gains and losses.