Shloka 5

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga

Devanagari script

त्रिसाहस्रं तु स गणः क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम् / नभगस्य च दायादो नाभादो नाम वीर्यवान्

Transliteration

trisāhasraṃ tu sa gaṇaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām / nabhagasya ca dāyādo nābhādo nāma vīryavān

Translation

Đoàn kṣatriya bậc đại nhân ấy có đến ba nghìn người; và người thừa tự của Nabhaga là Nābhāda, bậc dũng mãnh đầy uy lực.

Word by Word

• tri-sāhasram: three thousand
• tri-sāhasram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; numeral compound qualifying gaṇaḥ

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphasis/contrast

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• gaṇaḥ: group/host
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• kṣatriyāṇām: of kṣatriyas
• kṣatriyāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Plural

• mahātmanām: great-souled
• mahātmanām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Plural; qualifies kṣatriyāṇām

• nabhagasya: of Nabhaga
• nabhagasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nabhaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular; proper name

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• dāyādaḥ: heir/descendant
• dāyādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Sambandha (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāyāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; apposition to nābhādaḥ

• nābhādaḥ: Nābhāda
• nābhādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; proper name

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle

• vīryavān: valiant/powerful
• vīryavān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīryavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; possessive adjective