Shloka 3
Nimivaṃśānukīrtana (Genealogical Recitation of the Nimi Line) — with Atri–Soma Origin Motif
Devanagari script
सुदुश्चरं नाम तपो येन तप्तं महात्पुरा / त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानीति हि नः श्रुतम्
Transliteration
suduścaraṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahātpurā / trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam
Translation
اس مہاتما نے قدیم زمانے میں ‘سُدُشچر’ نام کی نہایت دشوار تپسیا کی تھی؛ ہم نے سنا ہے کہ وہ تین ہزار دیویہ برسوں تک جاری رہی۔
Word by Word
su-duścaramvery difficult to perform
su-duścaram:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu-duścara (प्रातिपदिक; su + duścara)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tapaḥ)
nāmanamely
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
Formअव्यय, नाम-निपातः (as it were/namely)
tapaḥausterity
tapaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object with taptaṃ)
yenaby which
yena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (instrumental relative)
taptamwas practised
taptam:
Karma (कर्म; predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Roottap (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘performed/undertaken’ (agreeing with tapaḥ)
mahatāby the great (one)
mahatā:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्/करण (with purā)
purāformerly
purā:
Kala (काल/temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
trīṇithree
trīṇi:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (qualifying varṣasahasrāṇi)
varṣa-sahasrāṇithousands of years
varṣa-sahasrāṇi:
Kala (काल/measure)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa-sahasra (प्रातिपदिक; varṣa + sahasra)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; प्रमाण (measure of time)
divyānidivine
divyāni:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying varṣasahasrāṇi)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इति-शब्दः (quotative)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपातः (indeed/for)
naḥby us / our
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (genitive) बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध—‘of us/our’
śrutamhas been heard
śrutam:
Kriya (क्रिया; impersonal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘has been heard’ (impersonal)