Shloka 33
युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च
Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis
Devanagari script
व्यासाः शास्त्रप्रणयना वेदव्यास इति स्मृताः / यस्मादवारजाः संतः पूर्वेभ्यो मेधयाधिकाः
Transliteration
vyāsāḥ śāstrapraṇayanā vedavyāsa iti smṛtāḥ / yasmādavārajāḥ saṃtaḥ pūrvebhyo medhayādhikāḥ
Translation
व्यासाः शास्त्रप्रणयनाः वेदव्यास इति स्मृताः । यस्मादवरजाः सन्तः पूर्वेभ्यो मेधयाधिकाः ॥
Word by Word
vyāsāḥthe Vyāsas
vyāsāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative plural
śāstra-praṇayanāḥcomposers of śāstras
śāstra-praṇayanāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśāstra (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇayana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative plural; तत्पुरुष—‘composers/compilers (praṇayanāḥ) of treatises (śāstra)’
veda-vyāsaḥVeda-Vyāsa
veda-vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष—‘Vyāsa of the Veda’ (title)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle
smṛtāḥare known as
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (स्मृ) + ta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle, Masculine nominative plural; ‘are remembered/called’
yasmātbecause/from which
yasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative indeclinable (यत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय), Ablatival sense ‘from which/because’
avarajāḥyounger (ones)
avarajāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootavaraja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative plural; ‘younger/later-born’
santaḥbeing
santaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsat (कृदन्त, √as अस्, शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (कर्तरि वर्तमानकृदन्त), Masculine nominative plural; ‘being/existing’
pūrvebhyaḥthan the earlier ones/from the former
pūrvebhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (पञ्चमी) plural; comparison source
medhayāby intelligence
medhayā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmedhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental singular; means of comparison
adhikāḥsuperior
adhikāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootadhika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative plural; comparative sense ‘superior’