Shloka 3

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

परस्परेण द्विगुणा: सर्वे द्वीपा नराधिप । पर्वताश्न महाराज समुद्रै: परिवारिता:,महाराज! इन समुद्रोंसे घिरे हुए सभी द्वीप और पर्वत उत्तरोत्तर दुगुने विस्तारवाले हैं

Transliteration

paraspareṇa dviguṇāḥ sarve dvīpā narādhipa | parvatāś ca mahārāja samudraiḥ parivāritāḥ ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ନରାଧିପ ମହାରାଜ! ସମୁଦ୍ରମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଘେରାଯାଇଥିବା ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ଦ୍ୱୀପ ଓ ପର୍ବତ ପରସ୍ପର କ୍ରମରେ ପୂର୍ବବର୍ତ୍ତୀଠାରୁ ଦ୍ୱିଗୁଣ ଦ୍ୱିଗୁଣ ବିସ୍ତୃତ।

Word by Word

• परस्परेण: mutually; successively
• परस्परेण: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'mutually/one after another')

• द्विगुणाः: double (in extent)
• द्विगुणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विगुण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• द्वीपाः: islands
• द्वीपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• समुद्रैः: by seas; with oceans
• समुद्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• परिवारिताः: surrounded; encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (वारयति/वृणोति) → परिवारित
• Form: Past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• narādhipa (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• dvīpāḥ (islands/continents)
• parvatāḥ (mountains)
• samudrāḥ (seas/oceans)