Shloka 2

Cākṣuṣa–Vaivasvata Manvantara Transition, Deva-Gaṇa Taxonomy, and Loka-Triad Etymology

Bhūr–Antarikṣa–Dyu

Devanagari script

आदित्या वसवी रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे मरुद्गणाः / भृगवोंऽगिरसश्चैव ते ऽष्ठौ देवगणाः स्मृताः

Transliteration

ādityā vasavī rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve marudgaṇāḥ / bhṛgavoṃ'girasaścaiva te 'ṣṭhau devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ

Translation

Āditya, Vasu, Rudra, Sādhya, Viśvedevas, kumpulan Marut, Bhṛgu dan Aṅgiras—itulah lapan golongan dewa yang diingati dalam smṛti.

Word by Word

• ādityāḥ: Ādityas
• ādityāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• vasavaḥ: Vasus
• vasavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• rudrāḥ: Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• sādhyāḥ: Sādhyas
• sādhyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• viśve: the Viśve (gods)
• viśve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक; gaṇa-name)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural (Viśve Devāḥ)

• marut-gaṇāḥ: the Marut hosts
• marut-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marut-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• bhṛgavaḥ: Bhṛgus
• bhṛgavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• aṅgirasaḥ: Aṅgirases
• aṅgirasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (एव)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; demonstrative pronoun

• aṣṭau: eight
• aṣṭau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭan (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: Numeral, Nominative (1st), Plural (common form for all genders)

• deva-gaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• deva-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• smṛtāḥ: are remembered/called
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/भावे प्रयोगः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (स्मृ) (क्त/PPP)
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively with 'te' (are called/remembered)