Shloka 17
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
मेनस्य मेनका कन्या जज्ञे सर्वाङ्गसुंदरी / सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यो महाभागाश्च ताः स्मृताः
Transliteration
menasya menakā kanyā jajñe sarvāṅgasuṃdarī / sarvāśca brahmavādinyo mahābhāgāśca tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
メーナの娘メーナカーは全身ことごとく麗しく生まれ、彼女らは皆、梵を語る者（ブラフマヴァーディニー）にして大いなる福徳を具えると伝えられる。
Word by Word
menasyaof Mena
menasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmena (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive ‘of Mena’
menakāMenakā
menakā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmenakā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper name
kanyādaughter/maiden
kanyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; apposition to menakā
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन्) (धातु)
FormLiṭ (perfect), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; Ātmanepada
sarvāṅgasuṃdarīall-limbed beautiful
sarvāṅgasuṃdarī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva-aṅga-sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘beautiful in all limbs’ qualifying menakā
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective for tāḥ (apsarases)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
brahmavādinyaḥexpounders of Brahman
brahmavādinyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma-vādinī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘speakers of Brahman/expounders of sacred knowledge’
mahābhāgāḥvery fortunate
mahābhāgāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya ‘greatly fortunate’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
tāḥthose (women)
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun referring to the apsarases
smṛtāḥare remembered/are said to be
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ + kta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; predicative ‘are remembered/considered’