Shloka 85

Prajāpati-vaṃśānukīrtana — Genealogical Enumeration of Progenitors

Dharma’s Line and the Sādhyas

Devanagari script

तामसी चान्तकृद्या तु तदंशो विष्णुरुच्यते

Transliteration

tāmasī cāntakṛdyā tu tadaṃśo viṣṇurucyate

Translation

Còn thân mang tính tamas, đem đến sự kết thúc—phần của thân ấy được gọi là Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• tāmasī: tāmasa (of darkness)
• tāmasī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; quality adjective (तमोगुणसम्बन्धिनी)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• antakṛt: end-causing, death-dealing
• antakṛt: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anta + kṛt (कृ धातु से कृत्)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana (as part of compound with yā); Tatpuruṣa: anta-kṛt = 'making an end, death-causing'

• yā: which
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle

• tad-aṃśaḥ: its portion/part
• tad-aṃśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): tad-aṃśa = 'its portion'

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; proper noun

• ucyate: is said/is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग)