Shloka 157

Viṣṇu-māhātmya-varṇana & Vamśa-prasaṅga

Genealogical Continuation

Devanagari script

देवभूमिं ततो हत्वा शुङ्गेषु भविता नृपः / भविष्यति समा राजा पञ्च कण्वायनस्तु सः

Transliteration

devabhūmiṃ tato hatvā śuṅgeṣu bhavitā nṛpaḥ / bhaviṣyati samā rājā pañca kaṇvāyanastu saḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ദേവഭൂമിയെ വധിച്ച് ശുങ്ഗന്മാരിൽ അവൻ രാജാവാകും. ആ കണ്വായനൻ അഞ്ചു വർഷം രാജ്യം വാഴും.

Word by Word

• devabhūmim: Devabhūmi (name)
• devabhūmim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (देवानां भूमिः)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/krama-adhikaraṇa (काल/क्रम-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-kāla-krama-artha adverb (ततः = thereafter/from there)

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन् धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (क्त्वा, absolutive/gerund), pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)

• śuṅgeṣu: among the Śuṅgas
• śuṅgeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी, locative), Bahuvacana

• bhavitā: will become
• bhavitā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, periphrastic future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• nṛpaḥ: a king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, simple future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• samāḥ: years
• samāḥ: Kāla-parimāṇa (काल-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग; 'samā' year), Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• pañca: five
• pañca: Saṅkhyā (संख्या)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-śabda (numeral), generally indeclinable; used with samāḥ

• kaṇvāyanaḥ: Kaṇvāyana (descendant of Kaṇva)
• kaṇvāyanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇva (प्रातिपदिक) + ayana/āyana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; gotra/patronymic (कण्वस्य अपत्यं)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (sarvanāma), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana