Shloka 33

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

तत्र तिष्ठन्ति कौरव्य चत्वारो लोकसम्मता: । दिग्गजा भरतश्रेष्ठ वामनैरावतादय:

Transliteration

tatra tiṣṭhanti kauravya catvāro lokasammatāḥ | diggajā bharataśreṣṭha vāmanairāvatādayaḥ ||

Translation

कौरव्य! तेथे चार लोकमान्य दिग्गज उभे आहेत—हे भरतश्रेष्ठ! वामन, ऐरावत आणि इतर.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya (locative adverb)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand / remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• लोकसम्मताः: approved/recognized by the world
• लोकसम्मताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकसम्मत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• दिग्गजाः: the elephants of the quarters (directional elephants)
• दिग्गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग्गज
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• वामन: Vāmana (name of a directional elephant)
• वामन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural (name used as class/individuals)

• ऐरावत: Airāvata
• ऐरावत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (in compound with -आदयः)

• आदयः: and others (beginning with)
• आदयः: Karta
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि
• Form: Avyaya used with plural sense ('and others')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocatives kauravya, bharataśreṣṭha)
• diggajās (directional guardian elephants)
• Vāmana (elephant name)
• Airāvata (elephant name)