Shloka 138

मन्वन्तरानुक्रमवर्णनम् (Enumeration of Manvantara Cycles) — with focus on Svārociṣa Manvantara

Devanagari script

मन्दात्मानो न नूनं मां यूयं जानीत तत्त्वतः / प्रभवं सर्वलोकानां धर्माणां च विशेषतः

Transliteration

mandātmāno na nūnaṃ māṃ yūyaṃ jānīta tattvataḥ / prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

मन्दात्मानः! न नूनं मां यूयं तत्त्वतः जानीथ; अहं सर्वलोकानां प्रभवो धर्माणां च विशेषतः।

Word by Word

• mandātmānaḥ: dull-minded persons
• mandātmānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manda-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (मन्दः आत्मा यस्य)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable of certainty)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yūyam: you (all)
• yūyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• jānīta: know
• jānīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tattvataḥ: in truth; truly
• tattvataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• prabhavam: source; origin
• prabhavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarvalokānām: of all worlds
• sarvalokānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां लोकानाम्)

• dharmāṇām: of duties/laws
• dharmāṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)