Shloka 8

Śākadvīpa–Pramāṇa–Varṇana

Measurements and Description of Śākadvīpa

Devanagari script

गोमन्त: पर्वतो राजन्‌ सुमहान्‌ सर्वधातुक: । यत्र नित्यं निवसति श्रीमानू कमललोचन:

Transliteration

gomantaḥ parvato rājan sumahān sarvadhātukaḥ | yatra nityaṁ nivasati śrīmān ū kamalalocanaḥ ||

Translation

गोमन्तः पर्वतो राजन् सुमहान् सर्वधातुकः । यत्र नित्यं निवसति श्रीमान् कमललोचनः ॥

Word by Word

• गोमन्तः: Gomanta (name of a mountain)
• गोमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वतः: mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वधातुकः: containing all minerals/metals
• सर्वधातुकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधातुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• निवसति: dwells, resides
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रीमान्: splendid, illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कमललोचनः: lotus-eyed (one whose eyes are like lotuses)
• कमललोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमललोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Gomanta mountain
• Kamalalocana (lotus-eyed illustrious one)