Shloka 122
Vṛṣṇivaṃśa–Anukīrtana (Enumeration of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage) — Questions on Viṣṇu’s Human Descent
Devanagari script
ततो नियुक्तो देवेन कुण्डधारो ऽस्य धूमकृत् / असुराणां हितार्थाय तस्मिञ्छुक्रे गते तदा
Transliteration
tato niyukto devena kuṇḍadhāro 'sya dhūmakṛt / asurāṇāṃ hitārthāya tasmiñchukre gate tadā
Translation
അപ്പോൾ ദേവൻ നിയോഗിച്ച കുണ്ടധാരൻ, പുക സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നവൻ, അസുരന്മാരുടെ ഹിതാർത്ഥമായി, ആ സമയത്ത് ശുക്രൻ പോയശേഷം, പ്രവർത്തനത്തിലേർപ്പെട്ടു।
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (temporal context)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence; ‘thereupon/then’
niyuktaḥappointed
niyuktaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (as predicate adjective of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootni-yuj (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormKṛdanta past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘appointed/assigned’
devenaby the god
devena:
Karaṇa (करण) / Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
kuṇḍadhāraḥKuṇḍadhāra (name/title)
kuṇḍadhāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुष): ‘one who holds/carries a kuṇḍa (bowl/pot)’
asyaof him/this (his)
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
dhūmakṛtsmoke-maker
dhūmakṛt:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to kuṇḍadhāraḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootdhūma (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृत्, from √kṛ धातु)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘smoke-maker/one who makes smoke’
asurāṇāmof the asuras
asurāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
hitārthāyafor (their) benefit
hitārthāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान) (purpose/beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Roothita (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘for the purpose of welfare/benefit’
tasminin that (time/condition)
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
śukrein/when Śukra
śukre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśukra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); likely ‘Śukra (Venus/Śukrācārya)’
gatehaving gone; when gone
gate:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootgam (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormKṛdanta past passive participle (क्त), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter agreeing with śukre/tasmin; ‘having gone/when (he) had gone’ (locative absolute)
tadāat that time
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), temporal adverb (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)