Shloka 25

Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas

Sanskrit

तत्रापि सप्त वर्षाणि तेषां नामानि मे शृणु । उद्भिदं वैष्णवञ्चैव सुरथं लम्बनं तथा ॥

Transliteration

tatrāpi sapta varṣāṇi teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu | udbhidaṃ vaiṣṇavañ caiva surathaṃ lambanaṃ tathā ||

Translation

ที่นั่นก็มีวรรษะเจ็ดประการ; จงฟังนามจากเรา: อุทภิดา, ไวษณวะ, สุรถะ และลัมพนะ.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक अव्यय/adverb of place)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; additive/emphatic)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन (varṣāṇi इति सह)

• वर्षाणि: regions/years (varṣas)
• वर्षाणि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन (नामनिर्देशे)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन (genitive singular)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उद्भिदम्: Udbhida (name)
• उद्भिदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (नाम-निर्देशे)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava (name)
• वैष्णवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (नाम-निर्देशे)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis)

• सुरथम्: Suratha (name)
• सुरथम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (नाम-निर्देशे)

• लम्बनम्: Lambana (name)
• लम्बनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्बन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (नाम-निर्देशे)

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ adverb: 'thus/also')

Speakers

• Puranic narrator (cosmography section)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implicit via the name Vaiṣṇava)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred Geography
• Genealogy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The inclusion of theophoric/sectarian name-elements (e.g., Vaiṣṇava) shows how devotion and identity can be embedded into the very naming of lands.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vamśa and Sarga-style cosmography: genealogical names used as geographic labels.

What is the esoteric significance?

Varṣa-names can be read as ‘qualities’ of realms—growth (udbhida), divine alignment (vaiṣṇava), right movement/vehicle (suratha), and support/dependence (lambana).