Shloka 28
अमावसुवंशानुकीर्तनम् (Amāvasu-vaṃśānukīrtanam) — Recitation of the Amāvasu Lineage; Dhanvantari’s Origin
Devanagari script
शप्ता हि सा पुरी पूर्वं निकुंभेन महात्मना / शून्या वर्षसहस्रं वै भवित्रीति पुनः पुनः
Transliteration
śaptā hi sā purī pūrvaṃ nikuṃbhena mahātmanā / śūnyā varṣasahasraṃ vai bhavitrīti punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
وہ بستی پہلے مہاتما نِکُمبھ کے شاپ سے دوچار ہوئی—“یہ شہر بار بار ایک ہزار برس تک ویران رہے گا۔”
Word by Word
śaptācursed
śaptā:
Karta (कर्ता) — predicate adjective with subject
TypeAdjective
Rootśap (धातु) → śapta (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) used adjectivally
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/particle (emphasis/indeed)
sāshe/that (city)
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
purīcity
purī:
Karta (कर्ता) — apposition to sā
TypeNoun
Rootpurī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
pūrvamformerly
pūrvam:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण) — temporal
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb of time)
nikuṃbhenaby Nikumbha
nikuṃbhena:
Karana (करण) — agent/instrument in passive sense
TypeNoun
Rootnikuṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन
mahātmanāby the great-souled (one)
mahātmanā:
Karana (करण) — agrees with nikuṃbhena
TypeAdjective
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + ātman)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण of nikuṃbha; समासः कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य)
śūnyāempty
śūnyā:
Karta (कर्ता) — predicate adjective with sā/purī
TypeAdjective
Rootśūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective
varṣa-sahasramfor a thousand years
varṣa-sahasram:
Karma (कर्म) — extent/duration with bhavitri
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वर्षाणां सहस्रम्)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात/particle (indeed/emphatic)
bhavitrīwill be (destined to be)
bhavitrī:
Karta (कर्ता) — predicate with sā/purī
TypeAdjective
Rootbhū (धातु) → bhavitṛ (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भविष्यत्कर्तरि कृदन्त (तृन्/agent-noun) used predicatively = ‘will be’
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — quotation marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण) — manner/frequency
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
punaḥagain (repeatedly)
punaḥ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण) — manner/frequency
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb), पुनरुक्ति for emphasis