Shloka 2

Sāgaropākhyāna—Bhārata-varṣa-māna and Gokarṇa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Sagara Episode: Measure of Bhārata and the Glory of Gokarṇa

Devanagari script

खण्डों ऽयं भारतो नाम दक्षिणोत्तरमायतः / नवयोजनसाहस्रं विस्तारपरिमण्डलम्

Transliteration

khaṇḍoṃ 'yaṃ bhārato nāma dakṣiṇottaramāyataḥ / navayojanasāhasraṃ vistāraparimaṇḍalam

Translation

Wilayah ini bernama Bhārata, terbentang dari selatan ke utara; keluasan lingkarannya berukuran sembilan ribu yojana.

Word by Word

• khaṇḍaḥ: a region/segment
• khaṇḍaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता/विषय

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता/subject determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• bhārataḥ: Bhārata
• bhārataḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-नाम (predicate noun)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक (naming particle)

• dakṣiṇa-uttaram: south-to-north
• dakṣiṇa-uttaram: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; दिक्-द्वन्द्व; विशेषण (of āyataḥ: extent)

• āyataḥ: extended
• āyataḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyata (प्रातिपदिक; √yam (यम्) से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• nava-yojana-sāhasram: nine-thousand yojanas
• nava-yojana-sāhasram: Visheshana (विशेषण/measure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nava + yojana + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• vistāra-parimaṇḍalam: having a circular expanse/extent
• vistāra-parimaṇḍalam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vistāra + parimaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (describing extent/shape)