Shloka 12
लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
Devanagari script
तस्मादहःकर्मयुक्ता देवताः समुपासते / देवान्सृष्ट्वा ततः सो ऽथ तनुमन्यामपद्यत
Transliteration
tasmādahaḥkarmayuktā devatāḥ samupāsate / devānsṛṣṭvā tataḥ so 'tha tanumanyāmapadyata
Translation
اسی لیے دیوتا دن کے اعمال میں لگ کر اُس کی پرستش کرتے ہیں؛ دیوتاؤں کو پیدا کر کے اُس نے پھر ایک اور تن اختیار کیا۔
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAblatival adverbial form used as avyaya: 'therefore/from that'
ahaḥ-karmayuktāḥengaged in the work of the day
ahaḥ-karmayuktāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormTatpuruṣa compound (तत्पुरुष): ahaḥ-karma = 'day-work'; yukta (क्त) as adjective; Feminine, Nominative, Plural agreeing with devatāḥ
devatāḥdeities
devatāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdevatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
samupāsateworship/serve
samupāsate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-up-ās (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person, Plural
devānthe gods
devān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु) → sṛṣṭvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा): 'having created'
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb: 'then'
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
athathen
atha:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle: 'then'
tanuma body/form
tanum:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
anyāmanother
anyām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular; qualifies tanum
apadyataentered/assumed (took on)
apadyata:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-pad (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person, Singular