Shloka 4
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
तस्याः पुत्रस्ततो जातो विश्वरूपो महाद्युतिः / नारायणपरो नित्यं वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः
Transliteration
tasyāḥ putrastato jāto viśvarūpo mahādyutiḥ / nārāyaṇaparo nityaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ
Translation
ఆమెకు తరువాత మహాతేజస్సుగల విశ్వరూపుడు అనే కుమారుడు జన్మించెను; అతడు నిత్యం నారాయణపరుడు, వేదవేదాంగపారగుడు.
Word by Word
tasyāḥof her
tasyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Feminine Genitive Singular
putraḥson
putraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Singular
tataḥthen/from there
tataḥ:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
jātaḥwas born
jātaḥ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन् धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) used in intransitive sense, Masculine Nominative Singular; agrees with putraḥ
viśva-rūpaḥViśvarūpa
viśva-rūpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Singular; proper name ‘having universal form’
mahā-dyutiḥof great splendor
mahā-dyutiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine-stem dyuti used as Masculine Nominative Singular in bahuvrīhi-like epithet; here as adjective to viśvarūpaḥ
nārāyaṇa-paraḥdevoted to Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇa-paraḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Singular; ‘devoted to Nārāyaṇa’
nityamalways
nityam:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnityam (अव्यय)
FormAdverb
veda-vedāṅga-pāragaḥmaster of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
veda-vedāṅga-pāragaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + vedāṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Singular; ‘one who has gone to the far shore of Vedas and Vedāṅgas’