Shloka 127
Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors
Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas
Devanagari script
मत्तः पूर्व्वे च ते तस्मात्प्रभवश्च ततो ऽधिकाः / तथाधिकरणैरतैर्यथा तत्त्वनिदर्शकाः
Transliteration
mattaḥ pūrvve ca te tasmātprabhavaśca tato 'dhikāḥ / tathādhikaraṇairatairyathā tattvanidarśakāḥ
Translation
അവർ എനിക്കുമുമ്പെയും ഉള്ളവർ; അതിനാൽ അവരുടെ ഉദ്ഭവം എനിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ, കൂടാതെ അതിലും അധിക മഹിമയുള്ളവർ; തത്ത്വദർശനം കാണിക്കുന്ന അധിഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളിൽ അവർ നിരതരാണ്.
Word by Word
mattaḥfrom me
mattaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; pronoun form ‘from me’
pūrvveearlier, former
pūrvve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; विशेषण (earlier/previous)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative pronoun
tasmāttherefore, from that
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादानार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात्-शब्दः; ‘therefore/from that’)
prabhavaḥorigin, arising
prabhavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverb (ततः; ‘then/from there’)
adhikāḥgreater, superior
adhikāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; comparative sense ‘superior/more’
tathāthus, likewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (तथा; manner)
adhikaraṇaiḥby means of bases/grounds
adhikaraṇaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootadhikaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural
ataiḥby these
ataiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rooteta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; demonstrative ‘by these’ (reading: etaiḥ)
yathāas, just as
yathā:
Sambandha (उपमान/उदाहरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (यथा; comparative/illustrative)
tattva-nidarśakāḥrevealers of truth
tattva-nidarśakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + nidarśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तत्त्वस्य निदर्शकाः)