Shloka 79
प्लक्षद्वीपवर्णनम्
Description of Plakṣa-dvīpa
Devanagari script
न शक्यो विस्तराद्वक्तुं दिव्यवर्षशतैरपि / निसर्गो यः प्रजानां तु संहारो यश्च तासु वै
Transliteration
na śakyo vistarādvaktuṃ divyavarṣaśatairapi / nisargo yaḥ prajānāṃ tu saṃhāro yaśca tāsu vai
Translation
దివ్య సంవత్సరాల వందలతో కూడినా విస్తారంగా చెప్పడం సాధ్యం కాదు—అందులో ప్రజల సృష్టి ఏదో, అలాగే వారి సంహారమూ ఏదో.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNiṣedha-avyaya (negation/निषेध)
śakyaḥpossible
śakyaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया—predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootśakya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicative adjective ‘possible’ (impersonal construction)
vistarātin detail
vistarāt:
Apādāna (अपादान/source—‘from detail’)
TypeNoun
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; adverbial ablative ‘in detail’
vaktumto describe
vaktum:
Karma (कर्म/complement of śakyaḥ—‘possible to do’)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु) + tumun (कृत्)
FormKṛdanta: Tumun-anta infinitive (तुमुनन्त), ‘to speak/tell’
divya-varṣa-śataiḥwith hundreds of divine years
divya-varṣa-śataiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण/measure—‘even with’)
TypeNoun
Rootdivya + varṣa + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa/dvigu sense ‘varṣaśataiḥ’ qualified by divya; instrumental of measure/time
apieven
api:
Sambandha (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya/avadhāraṇa-nipāta (particle/अपि)
nisargaḥcreation; emanation
nisargaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnisarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
prajānāmof creatures
prajānām:
Sambandha (genitive—of beings)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Bahuvacana
tuand/but
tu:
Sambandha (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormNipāta (particle)
saṃhāraḥdestruction; dissolution
saṃhāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject—coordinated)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
yaḥwhich
yaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/relative subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun (correlative to saṃhāraḥ)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
tāsuamong them/in them
tāsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti (locative/सप्तमी), Bahuvacana
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvadhāraṇa-nipāta (emphatic particle/वै)