Shloka 3

चतुर्युगाख्यान (Caturyuga-Ākhyāna) — Yuga-wise Origins and Measurements of Beings

Devanagari script

परिणाहोच्छ्रयैस्तुल्या जायन्ते ह कृते युगे / षण्णवत्यङ्गुलो त्सेधो ह्यष्टानां देवजन्मनाम्

Transliteration

pariṇāhocchrayaistulyā jāyante ha kṛte yuge / ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulo tsedho hyaṣṭānāṃ devajanmanām

Translation

ကృతယုဂ၌ သူတို့သည် ကိုယ်ဝန်းနှင့် အမြင့် တူညီစွာ မွေးဖွားကြသည်။ ဒေဝဇန్మ အမျိုးအစား ၈ မျိုး၏ အမြင့်မှာ အင်္ဂုလ ၉၆ ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• pariṇāha-ucchrayaiḥ: by (their) girth and height
• pariṇāha-ucchrayaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pariṇāha-ucchraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; dvandva: pariṇāha (girth) + ucchraya (height)

• tulyāḥ: equal
• tulyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural; agrees with prajāḥ (understood)

• jāyante: are born
• jāyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; ātmanepada

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle

• kṛte: in the Kṛta (yuga)
• kṛte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; 'kṛta-yuga' implied

• yuge: in the yuga
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• ṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgulaḥ: of ninety-six aṅgulas
• ṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgulaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṇ-ṇavati-aṅgula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; dvigu numeral compound meaning 'ninety-six aṅgulas'

• utsedhaḥ: height
• utsedhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utsedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; causal/emphatic particle

• aṣṭānām: of eight
• aṣṭānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th), Plural; numeral adjective

• deva-janmanām: of the divine beings
• deva-janmanām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th), Plural; tatpuruṣa: deva + janman (birth/being) → 'divine beings/births'