Shloka 16
अधोलोकवर्णनम् (Adholoka-varṇana) — Description of the Lower Worlds and Cosmographic Measures
Devanagari script
तथा शतसहस्राणि सप्तत्रिंशाधिकानि तु / इत्येतदिह संश्यातं पृथिव्यन्तस्य मण्डलम्
Transliteration
tathā śatasahasrāṇi saptatriṃśādhikāni tu / ityetadiha saṃśyātaṃ pṛthivyantasya maṇḍalam
Translation
അതുപോലെ മുപ്പത്തേഴു അധികമായ ഒരു ലക്ഷം (യോജന); ഇതാണ് ഇവിടെ ഭൂമിയുടെ അന്ത്യമണ്ഡലത്തിന്റെ പരിമാണമായി സംഖ്യപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.
Word by Word
tathāthus/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
śata-sahasrāṇihundred-thousands
śata-sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśata + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative (1st/प्रथमा), plural; dvigu compound meaning ‘hundred-thousands’
saptatriṃśat-adhikāniwith an excess of thirty-seven
saptatriṃśat-adhikāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaptatriṃśat + adhika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative (1st/2nd), plural; tatpuruṣa: ‘exceeding by thirty-seven’; agrees with śatasahasrāṇi
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphatic
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), neuter, nominative/accusative singular
ihahere
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
saṃśyātamis reckoned/numbered
saṃśyātam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃśyāta (कृदन्त; √śyā/√śyā?; here ‘saṃkhyāta’ sense)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative singular; used predicatively with etat
pṛthivyantasyaof the earth’s extremity
pṛthivyantasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/neuter (anta as m.), genitive (6th/षष्ठी), singular; tatpuruṣa: ‘earth’s end/limit’
maṇḍalamcircle/orb (extent)
maṇḍalam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootmaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, nominative/accusative singular