Shloka 57
Adhyaya 40: Kali-yuga Lakshana, Yuga-sandhyamsha, and the Re-emergence of Dharma
Devanagari script
मानवस्य तु सो ऽंशेन देवस्येह विजज्ञिवान् पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णोस्तु प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान्
Transliteration
mānavasya tu so 'ṃśena devasyeha vijajñivān pūrvajanmani viṣṇostu pramitirnāma vīryavān
Translation
ਇੱਥੇ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਅੰਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਦੇਵ-ਸਰੂਪ ਵਜੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਹੋਇਆ; ਅਤੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਜਨਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਹ ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ‘ਪ੍ਰਮਿਤੀ’ ਨਾਮ ਦਾ ਵੀਰਯਵਾਨ ਸੀ—ਇਉਂ ਸਿਮਰਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
मानवस्यof a human (nature/person)
मानवस्य:
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सःhe
सः:
अंशेनby a portion/partial aspect
अंशेन:
देवस्यof a deva/divine being
देवस्य:
इहhere (in this world/episode)
इह:
विजज्ञिवान्became known/was recognized
विजज्ञिवान्:
पूर्वजन्मनिin a former birth
पूर्वजन्मनि:
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
तुindeed
तु:
प्रमितिःPramiti (proper name)
प्रमितिः:
नामnamed
नाम:
वीर्यवान्valorous, endowed with potency
वीर्यवान्:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; contextual)