Shloka 5
Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga
Devanagari script
एतच्छुत्वाब्रवीत्सूतः श्रूयतां शांशपायने / यथा त्रेतायुगमुखे यज्ञस्य स्यात्प्रवर्तनम्
Transliteration
etacchutvābravītsūtaḥ śrūyatāṃ śāṃśapāyane / yathā tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravartanam
Translation
Setelah mendengar demikian, Sūta berkata: “Wahai Śāṃśapāyana, dengarlah; aku akan menceritakan bagaimana yajña bermula pada permulaan Tretā-yuga.”
Word by Word
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘this’ (object of hearing)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/gerundial)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√śru (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having heard’
abravītsaid
abravīt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
śrūyatāmlet it be heard
śrūyatām:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative) ‘let it be heard’
śāṃśapāyaneO Śāṃśapāyana / to Śāṃśapāyana
śāṃśapāyane:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootśāṃśapāyana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विषय-निर्देशे (address/topic marker)
yathāas / so that
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; यथार्थक (correlative/‘how/so that’)
tretā-yuga-mukheat the beginning of the Tretā age
tretā-yuga-mukhe:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottretā + yuga + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
yajñasyaof the sacrifice
yajñasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootyajña (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
syātwould be / should be
syāt:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada
pravartanamthe commencement
pravartanam:
Karma (कर्म/topic)
TypeNoun
Rootpravartana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘commencement’