Shloka 13
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
महापर्वतवर्ष्माणं श्वेततीक्ष्णोग्रदंष्ट्रिणाम् / विद्युदग्निप्रतिकाशमादित्यसमतेजसम्
Transliteration
mahāparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ śvetatīkṣṇogradaṃṣṭriṇām / vidyudagnipratikāśamādityasamatejasam
Translation
وہ مہاپہاڑ کی مانند عظیم الجثہ تھا، سفید، تیز اور نہایت سخت دندانوں والا؛ بجلی اور آگ کی طرح درخشاں، اور سورج کے برابر تابناک۔
Word by Word
mahā-parvata-varṣmāṇamhaving a body like a great mountain
mahā-parvata-varṣmāṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष; varṣman = body/bulk; whole as विशेषण
śveta-tīkṣṇa-ugra-daṃṣṭriṇāmof (him) whose tusks are white, sharp, and fierce
śveta-tīkṣṇa-ugra-daṃṣṭriṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootśveta (प्रातिपदिक) + tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃṣṭrin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); (of) those having tusks; daṃṣṭrin = ‘tusked’; compound qualifies daṃṣṭriṇām; used as relation/description
vidyut-agni-pratīkāśamshining like lightning and fire
vidyut-agni-pratīkāśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक) + pratīkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (semblance), विशेषण
āditya-sama-tejasamhaving radiance equal to the sun
āditya-sama-tejasam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष; tejas = radiance; whole as विशेषण