Shloka 7

रसातल-वर्णनम्

Rasātala Description: Surabhi, Phenapāḥ, and the Directional Cows

Devanagari script

नामानि चैषां वक्ष्यामि यथा प्राधान्यत: शृणु । मातले श्लाघ्यमेतद्धि कुलं विष्णुपरिग्रहम्‌,मातले! अब मैं इनके कुछ प्रधान व्यक्तियोंके नाम बताऊँगा, तुम श्रवण करो। इनका कुल भगवान्‌ विष्णुका पार्षद होनेके कारण प्रशंसनीय है

Transliteration

nāmāni caiṣāṃ vakṣyāmi yathā prādhānyataḥ śṛṇu | mātale ślāghyam etad dhi kulaṃ viṣṇuparigraham ||

Translation

โอ มาตลี บัดนี้เราจักกล่าวนามของผู้เป็นใหญ่ในหมู่เขา—จงสดับตามลำดับเถิด วงศ์นี้ควรแก่การสรรเสริญ เพราะตั้งอยู่ใต้การคุ้มครองและอุปถัมภ์แห่งพระวิษณุ

Word by Word

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• एषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as / in the manner (that)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्राधान्यतः: by priority; chiefly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राधान्य

• शृणु: hear; listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मातले: O Mātali
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्लाघ्यम्: praiseworthy
• श्लाघ्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लाघ्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कुलम्: family; lineage
• कुलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विष्णु-परिग्रहम्: having Viṣṇu as protector/guardian; under Viṣṇu’s patronage
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु-परिग्रह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mātali
• Viṣṇu