Shloka 21

Saṃkhyāvarta (संख्यावर्त्त): Commencement of Yajña at the Dawn of Tretāyuga

Devanagari script

एष धर्मो महाप्राज्ञ विरञ्चिविहितः पुरा / एवं विश्वभुगिन्द्रस्तु ऋषिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः

Transliteration

eṣa dharmo mahāprājña virañcivihitaḥ purā / evaṃ viśvabhugindrastu ṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

Translation

اے نہایت دانا! یہ دھرم قدیم زمانے میں وِرَنجی (برہما) نے مقرر کیا تھا؛ اسی طرح تَتّو درشی رِشیوں نے وِشو بھُگ اندَر کو بتایا۔

Word by Word

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• dharmaḥ: dharma; duty/law
• dharmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• mahāprājña: O great wise one
• mahāprājña: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Vocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग); संबोधन-प्रयोग (address)

• virañci-vihitaḥ: ordained by Virañci (Brahmā)
• virañci-vihitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: virañci + vihita (कृदन्त; √dhā/धा, kta)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); kta-participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• purā: formerly; in ancient times
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra-adhikaraṇa (प्रकार-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/Adverb (निपात/क्रियाविशेषण)

• viśvabhuk: Viśvabhuk (world-sustainer; epithet)
• viśvabhuk: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva + bhuj (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi-sense possible in usage, but form treated as noun epithet

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (निपात), adversative/emphatic

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by the sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural (बहुवचन)

• tattva-darśibhiḥ: (by) the truth-seeing
• tattva-darśibhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tattva + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया) Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying ṛṣibhiḥ