Shloka 13

Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala

Earth after Pralaya

Devanagari script

सप्तसप्त तु वर्षाणि तस्या द्वीपेषु सप्तसु / विषमाणि समीकृत्य शिलाभिरभितो गिरीन्

Transliteration

saptasapta tu varṣāṇi tasyā dvīpeṣu saptasu / viṣamāṇi samīkṛtya śilābhirabhito girīn

Translation

അവളുടെ ഏഴ് ദ്വീപുകളിലായി ഏഴ് ഏഴ് വർഷങ്ങൾ, അവൻ അസമമായ ഭാഗങ്ങളെ സമമാക്കി, ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം ശിലകളാൽ പർവതങ്ങളെ ഉറപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• sapta-sapta: seven and seven (i.e., seven each)
• sapta-sapta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu-samāsa (numerical compound) used adjectivally; indeclinable-like numeral qualifier to varṣāṇi

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle)

• varṣāṇi: years
• varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म; counted items)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc., 1st/2nd), Bahuvacana; here accusative as object of implied ‘made/arranged’ or nominative in enumeration

• tasyāḥ: of her/of that (earth)
• tasyāḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध; possession)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; sarvanāma)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana

• dvīpeṣu: in the continents/islands
• dvīpeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana

• saptasu: in the seven
• saptasu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: Saptamī (Locative, 7th), Bahuvacana; agrees with dvīpeṣu

• viṣamāṇi: uneven (parts)
• viṣamāṇi: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana; object of samīkṛtya (things made even)

• samīkṛtya: having levelled
• samīkṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Ktvā-pratyaya (absolutive/gerund)

• śilābhiḥ: with rocks/stones
• śilābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण; instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Bahuvacana

• abhitaḥ: around/on all sides
• abhitaḥ: Deśa (देश; spatial adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: abhitaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśāvyaya (adverb) ‘around/on all sides’

• girīn: mountains
• girīn: Karma (कर्म; object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana