Shloka 76

प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्

Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa

Devanagari script

तासां सहस्रशश्चान्या नद्यो यास्तु समीपगाः / अभिगच्छन्ति ताः सर्वा विपुलाः सुबहूदकाः

Transliteration

tāsāṃ sahasraśaścānyā nadyo yāstu samīpagāḥ / abhigacchanti tāḥ sarvā vipulāḥ subahūdakāḥ

Translation

तासां सहस्रशश्चान्या नद्यो यास्तु समीपगाः । अभिगच्छन्ति ताः सर्वा विपुलाः सुबहूदकाः ॥

Word by Word

• tāsām: of them (of those)
• tāsām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (genitive/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands; in thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; prakāra/saṅkhyā-avyaya (distributive adverb/प्रकार-अव्यय)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• anyāḥ: other
• anyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/attribute of nadyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• nadyaḥ: rivers
• nadyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• yāḥ: which
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; relative pronoun (यद्-सम्बन्ध)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Virodha/avadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle/तु)

• samīpagāḥ: nearby; approaching (the sea)
• samīpagāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (attribute of nadyaḥ/yāḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samīpa + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; Upapada-tatpuruṣa (locative sense/उपपद-तत्पुरुष) ‘samīpe gacchanti’ = going near/nearby

• abhigacchanti: they go to; they reach
• abhigacchanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथम), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• tāḥ: them (those)
• tāḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (accusative/द्वितीया), Bahuvacana

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (attribute of nadyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• vipulāḥ: broad; extensive
• vipulāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (attribute of nadyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• subahūdakāḥ: rich in water
• subahūdakāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (attribute of nadyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + bahu + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya (descriptive/कर्मधारय) ‘su-bahu-udakāḥ’ = having very much water