Shloka 13
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
महापर्वतवर्ष्माणं श्वेततीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणाम् / विद्युदग्निप्रतिकाशमादित्यसमतेजसम्
Transliteration
mahāparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ śvetatīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭriṇām / vidyudagnipratikāśamādityasamatejasam
Translation
महापर्वतासारखे विशाल शरीर, शुभ्र, तीक्ष्ण व उग्र दंष्ट्रांनी युक्त; विद्युत् व अग्नीसारखा दीप्त, सूर्यसम तेजस्वी।
Word by Word
mahā-parvata-varṣmāṇamhaving a body like a great mountain
mahā-parvata-varṣmāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष; varṣman = body/bulk; whole as विशेषण
śveta-tīkṣṇa-ugra-daṃṣṭriṇāmof (him) whose tusks are white, sharp, and fierce
śveta-tīkṣṇa-ugra-daṃṣṭriṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootśveta (प्रातिपदिक) + tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃṣṭrin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); (of) those having tusks; daṃṣṭrin = ‘tusked’; compound qualifies daṃṣṭriṇām; used as relation/description
vidyut-agni-pratīkāśamshining like lightning and fire
vidyut-agni-pratīkāśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + pratīkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (semblance), विशेषण
āditya-sama-tejasamhaving radiance equal to the sun
āditya-sama-tejasam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष; tejas = radiance; whole as विशेषण