Shloka 170

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वाद्याः पिशाचान्ताश्चतस्रो देवयोनयः / अतः शृणुत भद्रं वः प्रजाः क्रोधवशान्वयाः

Transliteration

gandharvādyāḥ piśācāntāścatasro devayonayaḥ / ataḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ prajāḥ krodhavaśānvayāḥ

Translation

گندھرو وغیرہ سے لے کر پِشَچ تک—یہ دیویونی کی چار قسمیں ہیں؛ پس اے غضب کے تابع نسل والی رعایا، تمہاری بھلائی ہو—سنو۔

Word by Word

• gandharva-ādyāḥ: beginning with gandharvas
• gandharva-ādyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (gandharvādayaḥ = beginning with gandharvas)

• piśāca-antāḥ: ending with piśācas
• piśāca-antāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: piśāca (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (ending with piśācas)

• catasraḥ: four
• catasraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective

• deva-yonayaḥ: divine species (birth-classes)
• deva-yonayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (divine species/origins)

• ataḥ: therefore; hence
• ataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (हेतु/तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• śṛṇuta: hear (you all)
• śṛṇuta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Plural

• bhadram: auspiciousness; welfare
• bhadram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used as benedictive object ('good fortune')

• vaḥ: for you
• vaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; here: Dative sense 'for you'

• prajāḥ: creatures; progeny
• prajāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥ: descended from (those) under the sway of anger
• krodha-vaśa-anvayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (krodhasya vaśe anvayāḥ = belonging to the lineage under anger's control)