Shloka 3
अग्निनिचयः (Agninichaya) / The Accumulation of Sacred Fire & the Classification of Pitṛs by Time-Order
Devanagari script
देवासुरमनुष्यांश्च सृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माभ्यमन्यत / पितृवन्मन्यमाना वै जज्ञिरे ऽस्योपपक्षतः
Transliteration
devāsuramanuṣyāṃśca sṛṣṭvā brahmābhyamanyata / pitṛvanmanyamānā vai jajñire 'syopapakṣataḥ
Translation
دیوتا، اسُر اور انسانوں کو رچ کر برہما نے دل میں خیال کیا؛ اور اُسے باپ کی مانند ماننے والے پِتر اُس کے پہلو سے پیدا ہوئے۔
Word by Word
deva-asura-manuṣyāngods, asuras, and humans
deva-asura-manuṣyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + asura + manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural; object of sṛṣṭvā
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having created’
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
abhyamanyatathought/considered
abhyamanyata:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootabhi-√man (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada
pitṛ-vatlike a father
pitṛ-vat:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (वत्-प्रत्यय)
FormAvyaya, comparative particle ‘like a father’
manyamānāḥthinking (him to be)
manyamānāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√man (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
FormPresent middle participle (शानच्), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; agreeing with implied subject (pitaraḥ)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, emphatic particle
jajñirewere born
jajñire:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Plural; Ātmanepada
asyaof him
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam/tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular; ‘of him’ (Brahmā)
upapakṣataḥfrom (his) side
upapakṣataḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान/source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootupapakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th), Singular; used adverbially ‘from the side/flank’