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
ദക്ഷിണപ്രക്രമത്തിൽ സൂര്യൻ അതുപോലെ വേഗത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ ഭൂഭാഗം അല്പസമയത്തിൽ കടന്നുപോകുന്നു.
Word by Word
dakṣiṇaprakramein the southern course/advance
dakṣiṇaprakrame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa + prakrama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
sūryaḥthe Sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāthus/in that manner
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
śīghramswiftly
śīghram:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootśīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया)
pravarttateproceeds/turns forward
pravarttate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + vṛt (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tasmāttherefore/from that
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival indeclinable (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), ‘therefore/from that’
prakṛṣṭāmexcellent/extended
prakṛṣṭām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprakṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
bhūmimground/region
bhūmim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), contrastive/emphatic
kālenaby time/within time
kālena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
alpenasmall/short
alpena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with kālena
gacchatigoes/traverses
gacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)