Shloka 31

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

षष्टिस्तानि सहस्राणि षष्टिमेव शतानि च । अरुणस्याग्रतो यान्ति परिवार्य दिवाकरम्‌,उनमेंसे छाछठ हजार मनुष्य भगवान्‌ सूर्यको चारों ओरसे घेरकर अरुणके आगे-आगे चलते हैं

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭistāni sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭim eva śatāni ca | aruṇasyāgrato yānti parivārya divākaram ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Sessenta mil e sessenta centenas (66.000) vão à frente de Aruṇa, cercando o Sol por todos os lados.”

Word by Word

• षष्टि: sixty
• षष्टि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अरुणस्य: of Aruṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अग्रतः: in front/ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः

• यान्ति: go/proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• परिवार्य: having surrounded/encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+वृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun (day-maker)
• दिवाकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aruṇa
• Divākara (Sūrya, the Sun)