Shloka 19
Yuga-Vibhāga and Kāla-Pramāṇa
Measures of Time and the Four Yugas
Devanagari script
षड्विंशतिसहस्राणि वर्षाणि मानुषाणि तु / वर्षाणां तु शतं ज्ञेयं दिव्यो ह्येष विधिः स्मृतः
Transliteration
ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi mānuṣāṇi tu / varṣāṇāṃ tu śataṃ jñeyaṃ divyo hyeṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
انسانی برسوں کے چھبیس ہزار سال؛ اور (ان کے) سو برس کو دیویہ پیمانہ سمجھو—یہی دیویہ دستور کہا گیا ہے۔
Word by Word
ṣaḍ-viṃśati-sahasrāṇitwenty-six thousands
ṣaḍ-viṃśati-sahasrāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; dvigu compound numeral: 'twenty-six thousand(s)'
varṣāṇiyears
varṣāṇi:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; apposition to sahasrāṇi
mānuṣāṇihuman
mānuṣāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying varṣāṇi
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/contrast
varṣāṇāmof years
varṣāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
tuindeed
tu:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात)
śatama hundred
śatam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) / Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; here nominative as predicate complement
jñeyamis to be known
jñeyam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjñā (धातु) + ya (णीय/यत् कृत्)
FormGerundive/obligatory participle (णीय/यत्), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; impersonal: 'is to be known'
divyaḥdivine
divyaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying vidhiḥ
hifor/indeed
hi:
Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध-बोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), causal/emphatic
eṣaḥthis
eṣaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; demonstrative pronoun qualifying vidhiḥ
vidhiḥrule/method
vidhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
smṛtaḥis said
smṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative: 'is said/remembered'