Shloka 20
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
त्रीण्येव नियुतान्याहुर्वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु
Transliteration
trīṇyeva niyutānyāhurvarṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi tu
Translation
人間の年で言えば、三ニユタ、すなわち三十万年であると説かれる。
Word by Word
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective qualifying niyutāni
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
niyutāniniyutas (a large number unit)
niyutāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral unit (ten-thousand / lakh depending on tradition)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्/liṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; parasmaipada
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
mānuṣāṇihuman
mānuṣāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; adjective qualifying varṣāṇām
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)