Shloka 88

अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures

Devanagari script

दक्षिणप्रक्रमे सूर्यस्तथा शीघ्रं प्रवर्त्तते / तस्मात्प्रकृष्टां भूमिं तु कालेनाल्पेन गच्छति

Transliteration

dakṣiṇaprakrame sūryastathā śīghraṃ pravarttate / tasmātprakṛṣṭāṃ bhūmiṃ tu kālenālpena gacchati

Translation

ໃນການເຄື່ອນໄປທາງທິດໃຕ້ ພຣະອາທິດເຄື່ອນໄວເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງຜ່ານແຜ່ນດິນອັນປະເສີດໃນເວລາສັ້ນ

Word by Word

• dakṣiṇaprakrame: in the southern course/advance
• dakṣiṇaprakrame: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa + prakrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• sūryaḥ: the Sun
• sūryaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: thus/in that manner
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• śīghram: swiftly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)

• pravarttate: proceeds/turns forward
• pravarttate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vṛt (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival indeclinable (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), ‘therefore/from that’

• prakṛṣṭām: excellent/extended
• prakṛṣṭām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhūmim: ground/region
• bhūmim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrastive/emphatic

• kālena: by time/within time
• kālena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• alpena: small/short
• alpena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kālena

• gacchati: goes/traverses
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)