Shloka 20
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
त्रीण्येव नियुतान्याहुर्वर्षाणां मानुषाणि तु
Transliteration
trīṇyeva niyutānyāhurvarṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇi tu
Translation
ମାନବ ବର୍ଷରେ ତିନି ନିୟୁତ (ତିନି ଲକ୍ଷ) ବର୍ଷ—ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଇଛି।
Word by Word
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective qualifying niyutāni
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
niyutāniniyutas (a large number unit)
niyutāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral unit (ten-thousand / lakh depending on tradition)
āhuḥthey say
āhuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्/liṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; parasmaipada
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
mānuṣāṇihuman
mānuṣāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; adjective qualifying varṣāṇām
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)