Shloka 2
Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana
The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply
Devanagari script
कियन्तं चैव तत्कालं कथं च समवर्त्तत / आचचक्षे पुराणं च कथं तत्सप्रभञ्जनः
Transliteration
kiyantaṃ caiva tatkālaṃ kathaṃ ca samavarttata / ācacakṣe purāṇaṃ ca kathaṃ tatsaprabhañjanaḥ
Translation
तो काळ किती होता आणि ते सर्व कसे घडले? तसेच सप्रभञ्जनाने ते पुराण कसे सांगितले—हे कथन करा.
Word by Word
kiyantamhow much/what extent
kiyantam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkiyat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); interrogative/quantitative adjective
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय/अन्वय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
tat-kālamthat time/then
tat-kālam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष (निर्देश/सम्बन्ध): 'that time'
kathamhow
katham:
Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण/रीति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नाव्यय)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय)
samavartatacame to be/occurred
samavartata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√vṛt (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
ācacakṣehe related/told
ācacakṣe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√cakṣ (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada
purāṇamthe Purāṇa
purāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चय)
kathamhow
katham:
Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण/रीति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
FormInterrogative adverb (प्रश्नाव्यय)
tat-saprabhañjanaḥthat Saprabhañjana (name/epithet)
tat-saprabhañjanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sa-prabhañjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'that (one) with prabhañjana' (epithet)