Shloka 17

Adhyāya 188: Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of Yuga-Decline and the Restoration Motif

Kali-yuga to Kalki

Devanagari script

द्वियोजनायता वापी विस्तृता चापि योजनम्‌ । तस्यां नासौ समभवन्मत्स्यो राजीवलोचन,कमलनयन! उस बावलीकी लम्बाई दो योजन और चौड़ाई एक योजनकी थी; परंतु उसमें भी उस मत्स्यका रहना कठिन हो गया

Transliteration

dviyojanāyatā vāpī vistṛtā cāpi yojanam | tasyāṃ nāsau samabhavan matsyo rājīvalocana kamalanayana ||

Translation

Маркандейя сказал: «О лотосоокий! Водоём был в два йоджаны длиной и в одну йоджану шириной; но и в таком просторе рыба не могла пребывать спокойно».

Word by Word

• द्वि: two
• द्वि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• योजन: yojana (a measure)
• योजन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आयता: long/extended
• आयता: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वापी: pond/tank
• वापी: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्तृता: broad/expanded
• विस्तृता: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्तृत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• योजनम्: one yojana (in extent)
• योजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्याम्: in that (pond)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• असौ: that (he/this one)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (प्रonominal stem)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभवत्: was/occurred/became (possible)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मत्स्यः: fish
• मत्स्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजीव-लोचन: O lotus-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजीव + लोचन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कमल-नयन: O lotus-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल + नयन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• matsya (fish)
• vāpī (reservoir/step-well)
• rājīvalocana (epithet)
• kamalanayana (epithet)