Shloka 2
Pṛthivī-dohaṇa (The Milking of the Earth) and the Praise of King Pṛthu
Devanagari script
मधुकैटभयोः पूर्वं मेदसा संपरिप्लुता / तेनेयं मेदिनीत्युक्ता निरुक्त्या ब्रह्मवादिभिः
Transliteration
madhukaiṭabhayoḥ pūrvaṃ medasā saṃpariplutā / teneyaṃ medinītyuktā niruktyā brahmavādibhiḥ
Translation
مَدھو اور کَیٹبھ سے پہلے یہ زمین مید (چربی) سے پوری طرح ڈھکی ہوئی تھی؛ اسی لیے برہموادیوں نے نِرُکتی کے مطابق اسے ‘میدِنی’ کہا۔
Word by Word
madhu-kaiṭabhayoḥof Madhu and Kaiṭabha
madhu-kaiṭabhayoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhu-kaiṭabha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; dual genitive ‘of Madhu and Kaiṭabha’
pūrvamformerly; before
pūrvam:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/before)
medasāwith fat; by fat
medasā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmedas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental
saṃpariplutācompletely flooded/covered
saṃpariplutā:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṃ-pari-√plu (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; qualifying iyam (earth)
tenatherefore; by that
tena:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental ‘by that/therefore’
iyamthis (earth)
iyam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
medinīMedinī (the Earth)
medinī:
Karma (कर्म; naming/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootmedinī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; name of Earth
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formquotation-marker/particle
uktāis called/said
uktā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; passive participle used predicatively ‘is said/called’
niruktyāby etymological explanation
niruktyā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnirukti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental ‘by etymology’
brahma-vādibhiḥby the expounders of Brahman (theologians)
brahma-vādibhiḥ:
Kartr (कर्ता; agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahma-vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental plural