Shloka 134
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
तदन्तस्तनुते यस्मात्सर्वां पृथ्वीं समततः / धातुस्तनोति विस्तारं ततोपतनवः स्मृताः
Transliteration
tadantastanute yasmātsarvāṃ pṛthvīṃ samatataḥ / dhātustanoti vistāraṃ tatopatanavaḥ smṛtāḥ
Translation
کیونکہ وہ اندر سے تمام زمین کو ہر سمت یکساں پھیلا دیتا ہے؛ ‘تَن’ دھاتُو کا معنی پھیلاؤ ہے، اسی لیے وہ ‘پتنَو’ کہلاتے ہیں۔
Word by Word
tad-antaḥwithin that
tad-antaḥ:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad + antaḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva compound used adverbially; ‘within that/inside it’
tanuteextends/spreads
tanute:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
yasmātbecause/from which
yasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु; कारण)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
sarvāṃentire
sarvāṃ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies pṛthvīm
pṛthvīmearth
pṛthvīm:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthvī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
samatataḥevenly spread
samatataḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-ā-√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially ‘evenly spread’
dhātuḥthe root (verbal root)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tanotistretches/extends
tanoti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√tan (तन् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
vistāraṃexpansion
vistāraṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvistāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tataḥtherefore/from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय)
patanavaḥ(they are) ‘patanavas’ (a named group/term)
patanavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpatanava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
smṛtāḥare called/are remembered as
smṛtāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया; nominal predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (स्मृ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicative with patanavaḥ