Shloka 85

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

तामसी चान्तकृद्या तु तदंशो विष्णुरुच्यते

Transliteration

tāmasī cāntakṛdyā tu tadaṃśo viṣṇurucyate

Translation

終末をもたらすタマス的な身については、その分身がヴィシュヌと呼ばれる。

Word by Word

• tāmasī: tāmasa (of darkness)
• tāmasī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; quality adjective (तमोगुणसम्बन्धिनी)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• antakṛt: end-causing, death-dealing
• antakṛt: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anta + kṛt (कृ धातु से कृत्)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana (as part of compound with yā); Tatpuruṣa: anta-kṛt = 'making an end, death-causing'

• yā: which
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• tad-aṃśaḥ: its portion/part
• tad-aṃśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): tad-aṃśa = 'its portion'

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun

• ucyate: is said/is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग)