Shloka 5

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

नारदः प्राह हर्यश्वान् दक्षपुत्रान् समागतान् भुवः प्रमाणं सर्वं तु ज्ञात्वोर्ध्वमध एव च

Transliteration

nāradaḥ prāha haryaśvān dakṣaputrān samāgatān bhuvaḥ pramāṇaṃ sarvaṃ tu jñātvordhvamadha eva ca

Translation

नारद ने एकत्र हुए दक्ष-पुत्र हर्यश्वों से कहा—“समस्त लोकों का पूरा प्रमाण जानो; जो ऊपर है और जो नीचे है, उसे भी भली-भाँति समझो।”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada

• प्राह: said/spoke

• हर्यश्वान्: the Haryaśvas

• दक्षपुत्रान्: Dakṣa’s sons

• समागतान्: assembled/come together

• भुवः: of the worlds/planes of existence

• प्रमाणम्: measure/extent/true scope

• सर्वम्: all/entire

• तु: indeed

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/after knowing

• ऊर्ध्वम्: above/higher realms

• अधः: below/lower realms

• एव: only/indeed

• च: and

Speaker

Nārada (within Sūta’s narration to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)