Shloka 21
Kiṃpuruṣa–Harivarṣa–Ilāvṛta-varṣa-varṇanam
Description of the Varṣas: Kiṃpuruṣa, Hari, and Ilāvṛta
Devanagari script
वृत्तभावास्समुद्रस्य महीमण्डलभावतः / आयामाः परिहीयन्ते चतुरस्रसमाः स्मृताः
Transliteration
vṛttabhāvāssamudrasya mahīmaṇḍalabhāvataḥ / āyāmāḥ parihīyante caturasrasamāḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
سمندر کی گولائی اور زمین کے منڈل کی فطرت کے سبب اس کے پھیلاؤ بتدریج کم ہوتے جاتے ہیں؛ انہیں چوکور کے مانند سمجھا گیا ہے۔
Word by Word
vṛtta-bhāvāḥcircular states/forms
vṛtta-bhāvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛtta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vṛttasya bhāvāḥ)
samudrasyaof the ocean
samudrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootsamudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
mahī-maṇḍala-bhāvataḥdue to the state of the earth-disc
mahī-maṇḍala-bhāvataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmahī (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblative adverbial (तसिल्/ablatival sense) formed from bhāvataḥ; ‘because of/from the condition of’; internal compound: mahīmaṇḍala (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + bhāva (तत्पुरुष)
āyāmāḥextensions/dimensions
āyāmāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootāyāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
parihīyantediminish/are reduced
parihīyante:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpari + hā (धाातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); passive/intransitive sense ‘diminish’
caturasra-samāḥequal to a square (four-sided)
caturasra-samāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootcaturasra (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः ‘caturasrā eva samāḥ’
smṛtāḥare said/are regarded
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative verbal)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used predicatively ‘are said/considered’