Shloka 25

Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)

Devanagari script

उष्णस्योष्णः स्मृतो देशः पावनस्यापि पावनः / अन्धकारस्य देशस्तु आन्धकारः प्रकीर्त्तितः

Transliteration

uṣṇasyoṣṇaḥ smṛto deśaḥ pāvanasyāpi pāvanaḥ / andhakārasya deśastu āndhakāraḥ prakīrttitaḥ

Translation

熱の国は熱き国と記され、浄めの国もまた浄き国である。闇の国は「アーンドハカーラ」と称えられる。

Word by Word

• uṣṇasya: of the hot (region/quality)
• uṣṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• uṣṇaḥ: hot
• uṣṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as predicate adjective

• smṛtaḥ: is said/considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्—क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; passive sense ‘is said/considered’

• deśaḥ: region/country
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• pāvanasya: of the purifying (one/thing)
• pāvanasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’

• pāvanaḥ: purifying
• pāvanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective

• andhakārasya: of darkness
• andhakārasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• deśaḥ: region
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) marking contrast/emphasis

• āndhakāraḥ: dark
• āndhakāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āndhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective meaning ‘dark’

• prakīrttitaḥ: is proclaimed
• prakīrttitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘is proclaimed/celebrated’