Shloka 112

ध्रुवचर्याकीर्तनं / Dhruva-caryā-kīrtana

Account of Dhruva’s Course and Related Cosmological Ordering

Devanagari script

तावत्यस्तारकाकोट्यो यावदृक्षाणि सर्वशः / विधिना नियमाच्चैषामृक्षचर्या व्यवस्थिता

Transliteration

tāvatyastārakākoṭyo yāvadṛkṣāṇi sarvaśaḥ / vidhinā niyamāccaiṣāmṛkṣacaryā vyavasthitā

Translation

ସର୍ବତ୍ର ଯେତେ ଋକ୍ଷ (ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର) ଅଛି, ସେତେଇ ତାରାଙ୍କ କୋଟି; ବିଧି ଓ ନିୟମରେ ତାଙ୍କର ନକ୍ଷତ୍ରଚର୍ଯ୍ୟା ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥିତ।

Word by Word

• tāvatyaḥ: so many
• tāvatyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (plural); pramāṇa-viśeṣaṇa (quantitative adjective)

• tārakā-koṭyaḥ: crores of stars
• tārakā-koṭyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārakā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Bahuvacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): tārakāṇāṃ koṭyaḥ

• yāvat: as many as
• yāvat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/avyaya-prayoga)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Bahuvacana; correlating adjective with tāvatyaḥ

• ṛkṣāṇi: constellations (nakṣatras)
• ṛkṣāṇi: Upamāna/Pramāṇa (प्रमाण-संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Bahuvacana

• sarvaśaḥ: entirely; in all respects
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverb)

• vidhinā: by rule; by ordinance
• vidhinā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (singular)

• niyamāt: due to regulation
• niyamāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Pañcamī (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana; hetu/niyama-nimitta

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• eṣām: of these
• eṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma

• ṛkṣa-caryā: the course/motion of the constellations
• ṛkṣa-caryā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + caryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ṛkṣāṇāṃ caryā

• vyavasthitā: is established/arranged
• vyavasthitā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom., 1st), Ekavacana; agrees with ṛkṣacaryā