Shloka 134

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

अष्टौ कविसुता होते सर्वमेभिर्जगत्‌ ततम्‌ । प्रजापतय एते हि प्रजाभागैरिह प्रजा:

Transliteration

aṣṭau kavisutā hote sarvam ebhir jagat tatam | prajāpātaya ete hi prajābhāgair iha prajāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァシシュタは語った。「カヴィには八人の子がいる。彼らによってこの全世界は遍く満たされている。まことにこの八人はプラジャーパティ（Prajāpati）であり、ここにおいて生類（子孫）の要素と働きを分有するがゆえに、彼ら自身もまた『プラジャー（prajā）—衆生・民』と呼ばれる。」

Word by Word

• अष्टौ: eight (as a group)
• अष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• कविसुताः: sons of the sage/poet
• कविसुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कविसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• होते: are / become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ततम्: spread, pervaded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past Passive Participle, तन्

• प्रजापतयः: Prajapatis, lords of creatures
• प्रजापतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• प्रजाभागैः: by shares/portions of progeny (i.e., by procreative qualities/parts)
• प्रजाभागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• प्रजाः: creatures, progeny
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Kavi
• Prajāpatis