Shloka 135
Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
Devanagari script
शार इत्येव शीर्णे तु नानार्थो धातु रुच्यते / एकार्णवे भवन्त्यापो न शीर्णास्तेन ता नराः
Transliteration
śāra ityeva śīrṇe tu nānārtho dhātu rucyate / ekārṇave bhavantyāpo na śīrṇāstena tā narāḥ
Translation
‘شار’ کا لفظ ‘شیِرنہ/بوسیدہ’ کے معنی میں کثیرالمعنی دھاتُو سے مانا گیا ہے؛ پانی ایک ہی اَرنَو میں یکجا ہو جاتا ہے، اس لیے وہ شیِرنہ (زائل) نہیں ہوتا—یوں کہا گیا۔
Word by Word
śāraḥ‘śāra’ (term)
śāraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता; of naming/meaning statement)
TypeNoun
Rootśāra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
śīrṇein (the sense of) ‘decayed/broken’
śīrṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; semantic domain)
TypeAdjective
Root√śṝ (शॄ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक); ‘in the decayed/broken (sense)’
tubut
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormContrast particle (निपात)
nānārthaḥhaving many meanings
nānārthaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies dhātuḥ
dhātuḥroot (verbal root)
dhātuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhātu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
rucyateis accepted/has the sense
rucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ruc (रुच् धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); impersonal ‘is accepted/pleases’
eka-arṇavein the one ocean
eka-arṇave:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rooteka + arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘in the single ocean’
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
āpaḥwaters
āpaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootap (आप्/अप् प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
śīrṇāḥdecayed/broken
śīrṇāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√śṝ (शॄ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifies āpaḥ
tenatherefore/by that
tena:
Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine (नपुंसक/पुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tāḥthose (waters)
tāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); refers to āpaḥ
narāḥmen/people
narāḥ:
Sambodhana/Karta (सम्बोधन/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); likely vocative-like address or apposition to audience