Shloka 4
चतुर्युगाख्यान (Caturyuga-Ākhyāna) — Yuga-wise Origins and Measurements of Beings
Devanagari script
स्वेनाङ्गुलप्रमाणेन निष्पन्नेन च पौष्टिकात् / एतत्स्वाभाविकं तेषां प्रमाणमिति कुर्वते
Transliteration
svenāṅgulapramāṇena niṣpannena ca pauṣṭikāt / etatsvābhāvikaṃ teṣāṃ pramāṇamiti kurvate
Translation
اپنے ہی انگل کے پیمانے سے، جو پرورش سے کامل ہوا ہو، وہ ناپ مقرر کرتے ہیں؛ اسی کو ان کا فطری معیار مانا جاتا ہے۔
Word by Word
svenaby their own
svena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; reflexive/possessive adjective
aṅgula-pramāṇenaby the measure of an aṅgula
aṅgula-pramāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaṅgula-pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; tatpuruṣa: aṅgula + pramāṇa
niṣpannenaproduced/formed
niṣpannena:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniṣpanna (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from निष्+√पद/√पद् in sense 'produced/formed')
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; past participle used adjectivally
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
pauṣṭikātfrom nourishment/strength
pauṣṭikāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootpauṣṭika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from nourishment/strengthening (factor)'
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun
svābhāvikamnatural
svābhāvikam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsvābhāvika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; agrees with etat/pramāṇam
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
FormGenitive (6th), Plural
pramāṇammeasure
pramāṇam:
Karta (कर्ता/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootpramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
kurvatethey make/consider
kurvate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person, Plural; ātmanepada