Shloka 52

कैलास-मन्दाकिनी-स्वच्छोदा-लौहित्य-सरयू-उद्गमवर्णनम्

Kailāsa and the Origins of Mandākinī, Svacchodā, Lauhitya, and Sarayū

Devanagari script

एताञ्जनपदान्मान्यान्गङ्गा भावयते शुभान् / ततः प्रतिहता विन्ध्यात्प्रविष्टा लवणोदधिम्

Transliteration

etāñjanapadānmānyāngaṅgā bhāvayate śubhān / tataḥ pratihatā vindhyātpraviṣṭā lavaṇodadhim

Translation

Sông Hằng làm cho các xứ sở đáng kính ấy trở nên cát tường và thanh tịnh; rồi bị dãy Vindhya ngăn lại, Ngài đi vào biển mặn (Lavaṇodadhi).

Word by Word

• etān: these
• etān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural); pronoun used adjectivally

• janapadān: countries/regions
• janapadān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janapada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• mānyān: honourable, esteemed
• mānyān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• gaṅgā: Gaṅgā (the river)
• gaṅgā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• bhāvayate: makes (them) flourish / blesses
• bhāvayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) [causative: bhāvaya]
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Ātmanepada; ṇijanta (causative)

• śubhān: auspicious, good
• śubhān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (kāla/krama-vācaka: ‘then/from there’)

• pratihatā: checked/obstructed
• pratihatā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√han (धातु) → pratihata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle)

• vindhyāt: from the Vindhya (mountain)
• vindhyāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vindhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/5th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• praviṣṭā: having entered
• praviṣṭā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√viś (धातु) → praviṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); bhūta-kṛdanta (past active participle/PPP in sense of ‘entered’)

• lavaṇa-udadhiṃ: the salt ocean
• lavaṇa-udadhiṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); samāsa: karmadhāraya (lavaṇaḥ udadhiḥ)