Shloka 25

Priyavrata-vaṃśa and Saptadvīpa Vibhāga (प्रियव्रतवंशः सप्तद्वीपविभागश्च)

Devanagari script

उष्णस्योष्णः स्मृतो देशः पावनस्यापि पावनः / अन्धकारस्य देशस्तु आन्धकारः प्रकीर्त्तितः

Transliteration

uṣṇasyoṣṇaḥ smṛto deśaḥ pāvanasyāpi pāvanaḥ / andhakārasya deśastu āndhakāraḥ prakīrttitaḥ

Translation

گرمی کا دیس گرم ہی سمجھا گیا ہے؛ پاکیزگی کا دیس بھی پاکیزہ ہے۔ اور اندھیرے کا دیس ‘آندھکار’ کے نام سے مشہور ہے۔

Word by Word

• uṣṇasya: of the hot (region/quality)
• uṣṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• uṣṇaḥ: hot
• uṣṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as predicate adjective

• smṛtaḥ: is said/considered
• smṛtaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (कृत्—क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; passive sense ‘is said/considered’

• deśaḥ: region/country
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• pāvanasya: of the purifying (one/thing)
• pāvanasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’

• pāvanaḥ: purifying
• pāvanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective

• andhakārasya: of darkness
• andhakārasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular

• deśaḥ: region
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) marking contrast/emphasis

• āndhakāraḥ: dark
• āndhakāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āndhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; predicate adjective meaning ‘dark’

• prakīrttitaḥ: is proclaimed
• prakīrttitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘is proclaimed/celebrated’