Shloka 12
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
दशयोजनविस्तीर्णमायतंशतयोजनम् / नीलमेघप्रतीकाशं मेघस्तनितनिःस्वनम्
Transliteration
daśayojanavistīrṇamāyataṃśatayojanam / nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ meghastanitaniḥsvanam
Translation
Шириной в десять йоджан и длиной в сто йоджан, он сиял, как синяя туча, и гремел, как гром облаков.
Word by Word
daśa-yojana-vistīrṇamspread over ten yojanas (wide)
daśa-yojana-vistīrṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + vistīrṇa (कृदन्त; √stṛ/स्तृ)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कृदन्त-विशेषण (past passive participle) qualifying an implied object (rūpam)
āyatamextended/long
āyatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootāyata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण
śata-yojanam(measuring) a hundred yojanas
śata-yojanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुष, विशेषण
nīla-megha-pratīkāśamhaving the appearance of a dark-blue cloud
nīla-megha-pratīkāśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootnīla (प्रातिपदिक) + megha (प्रातिपदिक) + pratīkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (upamā/semblance), विशेषण
megha-stanita-niḥsvanamwith a sound like cloud-thunder
megha-stanita-niḥsvanam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmegha (प्रातिपदिक) + stanita (कृदन्त; √stan/स्तन्) + niḥsvana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष; stanita = past participle used adjectivally; whole compound as विशेषण