Shloka 36

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

गुरुस्विराः फल्गुणका वेणुमत्याञ्च ये जनाः ।

तथा फल्गुलुका घोरा गुरूहाश्च कलास्तथा ॥

Transliteration

gurusvirāḥ phalguṇakā veṇumatyāñ ca ye janāḥ / tathā phalgulukā ghorā guruhāś ca kalās tathā

Translation

Kaum Gurusvira, Phalguṇaka dan penduduk Veṇumatī; demikian juga Phalguluka, Ghora, Guruha dan Kala disebutkan.

Word by Word

• गुरुस्विराः: Gurusviras (deep-voiced people; name)
• गुरुस्विराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (येषां स्वरः गुरु/गम्भीरः ते); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• फल्गुणकाः: Phalguṇakas
• फल्गुणकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल्गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: तद्धितान्त -क; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वेणुमत्याम्: in Veṇumatī (region/place)
• वेणुमत्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (स्थान/नदी-नाम), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• फल्गुलुकाः: Phalgulukas
• फल्गुलुकाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल्गुलुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (जन/जातिनाम), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• घोराः: fierce/terrible
• घोराः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गुरूहाः: Guruhas (slayers of elders/teachers; name)
• गुरूहाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + ह (धातु) + अ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्तनिष्पन्न नाम (गुरून् हन्ति इति/गुरुहा); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कलाः: Kalās (people)
• कलाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (जन/जातिनाम), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समुच्चयार्थ (also)

Speakers

• Frame not explicit in these verses (catalogue style within the Purāṇic narration)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Purāṇic geography
• Tribal catalogues
• River/region identifiers

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Even minimal naming functions as preservation: Purāṇas act as repositories of older regional identities that may not survive in later political maps.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna (earth-description), not Devi Māhātmya or dharma-śikṣā.

What is the esoteric significance?

Rivers/regions like Veṇumatī can be read as ‘nāḍīs’ of the land-body, sustaining communities as organs in the cosmic person.