Shloka 56
Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)
Devanagari script
एवं स्वभावः कल्पानां द्वीपानां च निवेशने / यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्णाण्यष्टौ श्रुतानि तु
Transliteration
evaṃ svabhāvaḥ kalpānāṃ dvīpānāṃ ca niveśane / yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṇāṇyaṣṭau śrutāni tu
Translation
एवं कल्पानां स्वभावो द्वीपानां च निवेशने; यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्णान्यष्टौ श्रुतानि तु।
Word by Word
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), manner-adverb (प्रकारवाचक)
svabhāvaḥthe nature
svabhāvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsvabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
kalpānāmof the kalpas (aeons)
kalpānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
dvīpānāmof the islands/continents
dvīpānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
niveśanein the arrangement/settling
niveśane:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootniveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
yāniwhich (things)
yāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun (संबन्धवाचक सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)
kiṃpuruṣa-ādyānibeginning with Kiṃpuruṣa etc.
kiṃpuruṣa-ādyāni:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkiṃpuruṣa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: ‘kiṃpuruṣa’ + ‘ādi’ = ‘beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa’; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural; agrees with yāni
varṇāniclasses/varṇas
varṇāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)
aṣṭaueight
aṣṭau:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭa (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral (संख्यावाचक), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used with implied ‘(they are) eight’
śrutāniheard/mentioned
śrutāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśruta (श्रुत कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √śru)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate/qualifier of varṇāni
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis