Shloka 189

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

सर्वे तेजस्विनः शूराः कामरूपा महा बलाः / दिव्याभरणवेषाश्च ब्रह्मण्याश्चाहितग्नयः

Transliteration

sarve tejasvinaḥ śūrāḥ kāmarūpā mahā balāḥ / divyābharaṇaveṣāśca brahmaṇyāścāhitagnayaḥ

Translation

सर्वे तेजस्विनः शूराः कामरूपा महाबलाः। दिव्याभरणवेषाश्च ब्रह्मण्याश्चाहिताग्नयः॥

Word by Word

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively

• tejasvinaḥ: radiant, powerful
• tejasvinaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• śūrāḥ: heroes
• śūrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)

• kāmarūpāḥ: able to assume forms at will
• kāmarūpāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘having form at will’

• mahā: great
• mahā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine/indeclinable stem used as adjective; here qualifying balāḥ in sense ‘great’

• balāḥ: strong
• balāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively ‘strong ones’

• divya-ābharaṇa-veṣāḥ: wearing divine ornaments and dress
• divya-ābharaṇa-veṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya + ābharaṇa + veṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); compound meaning ‘with divine ornaments and attire’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• brahmaṇyāḥ: pious; devoted to Brahman/Brāhmaṇas
• brahmaṇyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘devoted to Brahman/Brāhmaṇas’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• āhita-agnayaḥ: maintainers of the sacred fires
• āhita-agnayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhita + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘those who have established the sacred fires’