Shloka 17
Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana
Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases
Devanagari script
मेनस्य मेनका कन्या जज्ञे सर्वाङ्गसुंदरी / सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यो महाभागाश्च ताः स्मृताः
Transliteration
menasya menakā kanyā jajñe sarvāṅgasuṃdarī / sarvāśca brahmavādinyo mahābhāgāśca tāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
مَین کی بیٹی میناکَا سراپا حسن کے ساتھ پیدا ہوئی؛ اور وہ سب برہموادنی اور نہایت صاحبِ نصیب مانی گئی ہیں۔
Word by Word
menasyaof Mena
menasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmena (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive ‘of Mena’
menakāMenakā
menakā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmenakā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper name
kanyādaughter/maiden
kanyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; apposition to menakā
jajñewas born
jajñe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (जन्) (धातु)
FormLiṭ (perfect), Prathama puruṣa, Ekavacana; Ātmanepada
sarvāṅgasuṃdarīall-limbed beautiful
sarvāṅgasuṃdarī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva-aṅga-sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘beautiful in all limbs’ qualifying menakā
sarvāḥall
sarvāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; adjective for tāḥ (apsarases)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
brahmavādinyaḥexpounders of Brahman
brahmavādinyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma-vādinī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘speakers of Brahman/expounders of sacred knowledge’
mahābhāgāḥvery fortunate
mahābhāgāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; karmadhāraya ‘greatly fortunate’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
tāḥthose (women)
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pronoun referring to the apsarases
smṛtāḥare remembered/are said to be
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ + kta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; predicative ‘are remembered/considered’