Shloka 7
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
अहोरात्रौ विभजते सूर्यो मानुषलौकिकौ
Transliteration
ahorātrau vibhajate sūryo mānuṣalaukikau
Translation
अहोरात्रौ विभजते सूर्यो मानुषलौकिकौ ॥
Word by Word
ahaḥ-rātrauday-and-night (the day-night cycle)
ahaḥ-rātrau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (day+night), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (collective)
vibhajatedivides; apportions
vibhajate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-bhaj (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
sūryaḥthe Sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
mānuṣa-laukikauhuman and worldly (as commonly reckoned)
mānuṣa-laukikau:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + laukika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (human+worldly), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (ahaḥ-rātrau इति)