Shloka 3

Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन

Devanagari script

अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि विविधा धर्मनिश्चयाः / विचित्राश्च कथायोगा जन्म चाग्र्यमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vividhā dharmaniścayāḥ / vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam

Translation

अत्यद्भुतानि कर्माणि विविधा धर्मनिश्चयाः। विचित्राश्च कथायोगा जन्म चाग्र्यमनुत्तमम्॥

Word by Word

• ati-adbhutāni: most wonderful
• ati-adbhutāni: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound with intensifier ati-; agrees with karmāṇi

• karmāṇi: deeds; acts
• karmāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/subject; item enumerated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• vividhāḥ: various
• vividhāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with dharmaniścayāḥ

• dharma-niścayāḥ: determinations of dharma
• dharma-niścayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; item enumerated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma + niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound: dharmasya niścayāḥ (decisions regarding dharma)

• vicitrāḥ: variegated; wondrous
• vicitrāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with kathāyogāḥ

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

• kathā-yogāḥ: arrangements/links of narratives
• kathā-yogāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject; item enumerated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound: kathānāṃ yogāḥ (connections/arrangements of stories)

• janma: birth; origin
• janma: Karta (कर्ता/subject; item enumerated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

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

• agryam: foremost; excellent
• agryam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with janma

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with janma