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Shloka 85

Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds

Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval

मुखाद्देवानजनयत् पितॄंश्चैवाथ वक्षसः / प्रजननान्मनुष्यान्वै जघनान्निर्ममे ऽसुरान्

mukhāddevānajanayat pitṝṃścaivātha vakṣasaḥ / prajananānmanuṣyānvai jaghanānnirmame 'surān

اس نے اپنے منہ سے دیوتاؤں کو، سینے سے پِتروں کو؛ تولیدی عضو سے انسانوں کو اور پچھلے حصے سے اسُروں کو پیدا کیا۔

mukhātfrom (his) mouth
mukhāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsakalिङ्ग, Pañcamī (Abl,5), Ekavacana
devāngods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
ajanayatproduced, generated
ajanayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormLaṅ (Imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada; causative sense (णिच्) implied: 'caused to be born/produced'
pitṝnmanes
pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
caand
ca:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
evaindeed
eva:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
athathen
atha:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; sequential particle (अनन्तरार्थक)
vakṣasaḥfrom (his) chest
vakṣasaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvakṣas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī (Abl,5), Ekavacana (also possible Ṣaṣṭhī; here ablative by sense 'from the chest')
prajananātfrom the generative organ
prajananāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootprajanana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī (Abl,5), Ekavacana
manuṣyānhumans
manuṣyān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana
vaiindeed
vai:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle
jaghanātfrom (his) hips/loins
jaghanāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjaghana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī (Abl,5), Ekavacana
nirmameformed, made
nirmame:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√mā (धातु; māṅ = measure/make) with nis-/nir-
FormLaṅ (Imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada
asurānasuras
asurān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (Acc,2), Bahuvacana