Shloka 2
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
Devanagari script
यावान् भूम्यवकाशो<यं दृश्यते शशलक्षणे । तस्य प्रमाण प्रब्रूहि ततो वक्ष्यसि पिप्पलम्,चन्द्रमाके शश-चिह्ममें भूमिका जितना अवकाश दृष्टिगोचर होता है, उसका प्रमाण बताओ। तत्पश्चात् पिप्पलस्थानका वर्णन करना
Transliteration
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
yāvān bhūmy-avakāśo 'yaṃ dṛśyate śaśa-lakṣaṇe |
tasya pramāṇaṃ prabrūhi tato vakṣyasi pippalam ||
Translation
ಧೃತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಹೇ ಶಶಲಕ್ಷಣನೇ (ಚಂದ್ರನೇ)! ಭೂಮಿಯ ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಕಾಣುವಷ್ಟು ಆಕಾಶಾವಕಾಶದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವನ್ನು ಹೇಳು. ನಂತರ ನನಗೆ ಪಿಪ್ಪಲಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸು.
Word by Word
यावान्as great as; as much as
यावान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूमि-अवकाशःspace/extent of the earth (earth-space)
भूमि-अवकाशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूम्यवकाश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दृश्यतेis seen; appears
दृश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (seen/appears)
शश-लक्षणेin/at the moon marked with a hare (hare-marked orb)
शश-लक्षणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशशलक्षण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तस्यof that; its
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रमाणम्measure; extent; proof
प्रमाणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रब्रूहिtell; declare
प्रब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
वक्ष्यसिyou will say; you will describe
वक्ष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
पिप्पलम्the pippala (sacred fig tree)
पिप्पलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपिप्पल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DhṛtarāṣṭraC
Candra (the Moon, implied by śaśa-lakṣaṇa)P
Pippala (sacred fig / pippala-place)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes