Shloka 55

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

यास्तु शेषास्तदा कन्याः प्रतिजग्राह कश्यपः / चतुर्दशा महाभागाः सर्वास्ता लोकमातरः

Transliteration

yāstu śeṣāstadā kanyāḥ pratijagrāha kaśyapaḥ / caturdaśā mahābhāgāḥ sarvāstā lokamātaraḥ

Translation

Оставшихся тогда дев принял Кашьяпа. Эти четырнадцать, велико-благие, все являются Матерями мира (Локамата).

Word by Word

• yāḥ: those who
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; relative pronoun

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta/particle

• śeṣāḥ: remaining
• śeṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa of kanyāḥ

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• kanyāḥ: maidens/daughters
• kanyāḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana

• pratijagrāha: accepted/received
• pratijagrāha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√grah (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• kaśyapaḥ: Kaśyapa
• kaśyapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Ekavacana; proper noun

• caturdaśa: fourteen
• caturdaśa: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana (sense); numeral ‘fourteen’ qualifying (kanyāḥ)

• mahā-bhāgāḥ: very fortunate
• mahā-bhāgāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya: ‘greatly fortunate’ qualifying (kanyāḥ)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; qualifies tāḥ

• tāḥ: they/those
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun referring to the fourteen

• loka-mātaraḥ: mothers of the worlds
• loka-mātaraḥ: Pratipādya/Predicate nominative (प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (Nom/1st), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘mothers of the worlds’