Shloka 113

Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa

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

Devanagari script

मिषतस्तु वसिष्ठस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् / अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं पौराणिका जनाः

Transliteration

miṣatastu vasiṣṭhasya tadadbhutamivābhavat / atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ paurāṇikā janāḥ

Translation

在婆悉吒注视之时，此事宛如奇迹；在此处，通晓《往世书》者亦援引此偈。

Word by Word

• miṣataḥ: of (him) looking on
• miṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; सहकाल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √miṣ (धातु) + miṣat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘while (he) was looking’

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात; contrast/emphasis)

• vasiṣṭhasya: of Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tat: that
• tat: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• adbhutam: wonderful
• adbhutam: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective to tat

• iva: as if/like
• iva: Upamāna-dyotaka (उपमानद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle of comparison (उपमावाचक अव्यय)

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• atra: here
• atra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात; ‘also/even’)

• udāharanti: cite/recite
• udāharanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-ā-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada

• imam: this
• imam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ślokam

• ślokam: verse
• ślokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• paurāṇikāḥ: the Purāṇa-traditionists
• paurāṇikāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurāṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective used substantively

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); in apposition to paurāṇikāḥ