Shloka 113
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
मिषतस्तु वसिष्ठस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् / अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं पौराणिका जनाः
Transliteration
miṣatastu vasiṣṭhasya tadadbhutamivābhavat / atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ paurāṇikā janāḥ
Translation
वसिष्ठस्य पश्यतः तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्; अत्रापि पौराणिका जनाः इमं श्लोकमुदाहरन्ति।
Word by Word
miṣataḥof (him) looking on
miṣataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; सहकाल)
TypeAdjective
Root√miṣ (धातु) + miṣat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘while (he) was looking’
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; contrast/emphasis)
vasiṣṭhasyaof Vasiṣṭha
vasiṣṭhasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
tatthat
tat:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
adbhutamwonderful
adbhutam:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to tat
ivaas if/like
iva:
Upamāna-dyotaka (उपमानद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमावाचक अव्यय)
abhavatbecame/was
abhavat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
atrahere
atra:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; ‘also/even’)
udāharanticite/recite
udāharanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-ā-√hṛ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada
imamthis
imam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ślokam
ślokamverse
ślokam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
paurāṇikāḥthe Purāṇa-traditionists
paurāṇikāḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpaurāṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively
janāḥpeople
janāḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); in apposition to paurāṇikāḥ