Shloka 8
Pṛthivy-Āyāma-Vistara (Extent of the Earth) and Jambūdvīpa–Navavarṣa Description
Devanagari script
प्रकृतिभ्यः परं यच्च तदचिन्त्यं प्रचक्षते / नववर्षं प्रवक्ष्यामि जंबूद्वीपं यथातथम्
Transliteration
prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ yacca tadacintyaṃ pracakṣate / navavarṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpaṃ yathātatham
Translation
جو طبیعتوں سے ماورا ہے اسے ‘اچنتیہ’ کہا جاتا ہے؛ اب میں جَمبودویپ کے نو ورشوں کا جیسا ہے ویسا بیان کروں گا۔
Word by Word
prakṛtibhyaḥfrom the prakṛtis/natures
prakṛtibhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (f.), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/5th), Bahuvacana (pl.)
parambeyond, higher
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); used predicatively with yad/tad
yatthat which
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); relative pronoun
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormSamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)/Karta (contextual)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); demonstrative pronoun (correlative to yat)
acintyaminconceivable
acintyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-cintya (कृदन्त; √cint + ya)
FormGerundive (yat); Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.)
pracakṣatethey declare
pracakṣate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √cakṣ (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (pl.), Ātmanepada
nava-varṣamthe nine regions (varṣas)
nava-varṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnava (प्रातिपदिक, संख्या) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc./2nd), Ekavacana (sg.); dvigu: nava varṣāṇi yasya/tat = 'nine regions/years'
pravakṣyāmiI shall describe
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √vac (धातु)
FormLuṭ lakāra (Periphrastic future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st), Ekavacana (sg.), Parasmaipada
jaṃbū-dvīpamJambūdvīpa
jaṃbū-dvīpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbū (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Acc./2nd), Ekavacana (sg.); tatpuruṣa: jaṃbūnāṃ dvīpaḥ / jaṃbū-śabda-sambandhī dvīpaḥ
yathā-tathamas it is, in due manner
yathā-tatham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय) + tathā/tatham (अव्यय)
FormAvyayībhāva adverbial compound; manner adverb