Shloka 4
Lalitopākhyāna: Devagaṇa-samāgamaḥ and Śrīnagaryāḥ Nirmāṇam
Assembly of Devas; Construction and Splendor of the Divine City
Devanagari script
विश्वावसुप्रभृतयो गन्धर्वाश्चैव यक्षकाः / ब्रह्मणाथ समादिष्टो विश्वकर्मा विशांपतिः
Transliteration
viśvāvasuprabhṛtayo gandharvāścaiva yakṣakāḥ / brahmaṇātha samādiṣṭo viśvakarmā viśāṃpatiḥ
Translation
విశ్వావసు మొదలైన గంధర్వులు, యక్షులు కూడ ఉన్నారు; బ్రహ్మ ఆజ్ఞతో ప్రజాపతి విశ్వకర్మ నియుక్తుడయ్యాడు।
Word by Word
viśvāvasu-prabhṛtayaḥbeginning with Viśvāvasu
viśvāvasu-prabhṛtayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśvāvasu + prabhṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); -prabhṛti-śabdaḥ ‘beginning with’ iti
gandharvāḥGandharvas
gandharvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
evaindeed/just
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle/emphasis (निपात)
yakṣakāḥYakṣas
yakṣakāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
brahmaṇāby Brahmā
brahmaṇā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter stem ‘brahman’ used for Brahmā here; Instrumental (3/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle (निपात), ‘then/now’
samādiṣṭaḥwas instructed
samādiṣṭaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied action ‘was instructed’)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√diś (दिश् धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘having been instructed/commanded’
viśvakarmāViśvakarmā
viśvakarmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
viśām-patiḥlord of the people
viśām-patiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to Viśvakarmā)
TypeNoun
Rootviś (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): viśām = ‘of the people/clans’