Shloka 22

Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa

Measures of Time and the Four Yugas

Devanagari script

इत्येवमृषिभिर्गीतं दिव्यया संख्याया त्विह / दिव्येनैव प्रमाणेन युगसंख्याप्रकल्पनम्

Transliteration

ityevamṛṣibhirgītaṃ divyayā saṃkhyāyā tviha / divyenaiva pramāṇena yugasaṃkhyāprakalpanam

Translation

このように、聖仙たちはここで天上の数によって詠じ、同じく天上の尺度によってユガの数の定めが立てられた。

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• evam: in this manner
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• gītam: sung/recited
• gītam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gai (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative: 'has been sung/recited'

• divyayā: divine
• divyayā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adjective qualifying saṃkhyayā

• saṃkhyayā: by (means of) enumeration
• saṃkhyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• iha: here
• iha: Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• divyena: divine
• divyena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adjective qualifying pramāṇena

• eva: alone/indeed
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• pramāṇena: by the measure/standard
• pramāṇena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• yuga-saṃkhyā-prakalpanam: the computation/arrangement of yuga numbers
• yuga-saṃkhyā-prakalpanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + prakalpana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'the arrangement/setting forth of yuga-count'