Shloka 45
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
Devanagari script
अयं च पितृयानानां चन्द्रमा द्वारमुच्यते । एष काष्ठा दिशश्वैव संवत्सरयुगादि च
Transliteration
ayaṃ ca pitṛyānānāṃ candramā dvāram ucyate | eṣa kāṣṭhā diśaś caiva saṃvatsarayugādi ca
Translation
अयं च पितृयानानां चन्द्रमा द्वारमुच्यते । एष काष्ठा दिशश्चैव संवत्सरयुगादि च॥
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पितृयानानाम्of the paths/ways of the Pitṛs (manes)
पितृयानानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृयान
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चन्द्रमाthe moon
चन्द्रमा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्रमस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्वारम्door; gateway
द्वारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्वार
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said; is called
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
काष्ठाःquarters/directions (intermediate points); stages
काष्ठाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
दिशःdirections
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed; also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
संवत्सरयुगादिthe year, the yuga, and the rest (etc.)
संवत्सरयुगादि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर-युग-आदि
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu)च
चन्द्रमा (Candramā, the Moon)प
पितृयाण (Pitṛyāna, the ancestral path)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes