Shloka 48

युगप्रजालक्षणम् ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनं च

Yuga–Prajā-Lakṣaṇa and the Enumeration of Eminent Ṛṣis

Devanagari script

पुराकृतिपुराकल्पौ व्यवधारणकल्पना / उपमा च दशैते वै विधयो ब्राह्मणस्य तु

Transliteration

purākṛtipurākalpau vyavadhāraṇakalpanā / upamā ca daśaite vai vidhayo brāhmaṇasya tu

Translation

Purākṛti, purākalpa, sự phân định, sự tưởng tượng và phép so sánh—mười phương thức ấy chính là các quy thức của phần Brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

• purākṛtiḥ: ancient precedent/account
• purākṛtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: purā + kṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana; avyaya-tatpuruṣa: 'former account/precedent'

• purākalpaḥ: ancient practice/ritual procedure
• purākalpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: purā + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana; avyaya-tatpuruṣa: 'ancient procedure/rite'

• vyavadhāraṇā: determination, delimitation
• vyavadhāraṇā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyava-dhāraṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• kalpanā: construction, arrangement
• kalpanā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• upamā: comparison, simile
• upamā: Karta (कर्ता) / enumerated item
• Type: Noun
• Root: upamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saṅkhyā-vācaka (numeral); here used adjectivally; Napuṃsaka/avyaya-like in count; qualifies ete

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana; sarvanāma (pronoun)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta; niścaya/avadhāraṇa (emphatic particle)

• vidhayaḥ: methods, procedures
• vidhayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / apposition to ete
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana

• brāhmaṇasya: of the Brāhmaṇa (portion/text)
• brāhmaṇasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napuṃsaka-liṅga (n.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen.), Ekavacana

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta; virodha/avadhāraṇa (particle: but/indeed)