Shloka 12
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
तस्मादहःकर्मयुक्ता देवताः समुपासते / देवान्सृष्ट्वा ततः सो ऽथ तनुमन्यामपद्यत
Transliteration
tasmādahaḥkarmayuktā devatāḥ samupāsate / devānsṛṣṭvā tataḥ so 'tha tanumanyāmapadyata
Translation
അതുകൊണ്ട് ദേവതകൾ പകലിലെ കര്മങ്ങളിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു; ദേവന്മാരെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ച ശേഷം അവൻ മറ്റൊരു ശരീരം സ്വീകരിച്ചു.
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverbial form used as avyaya: 'therefore/from that'
ahaḥ-karmayuktāḥengaged in the work of the day
ahaḥ-karmayuktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormTatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष): ahaḥ-karma = 'day-work'; yukta (क्त) as adjective; Feminine, Nominative, Plural agreeing with devatāḥ
devatāḥdeities
devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
samupāsateworship/serve
samupāsate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-up-ās (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Plural
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु) → sṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा): 'having created'
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb: 'then'
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
athathen
atha:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle: 'then'
tanuma body/form
tanum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
anyāmanother
anyām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifies tanum
apadyataentered/assumed (took on)
apadyata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-pad (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular