Shloka 77

Vaṃśānuvārṇana and the Transition to the Fourth (Upasaṃhāra) Pada

Devanagari script

एते हि ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा भविष्या मानवाः स्मृताः / तेषामिद्रो वृषा नाम भविष्यः सुरराट् ततः

Transliteration

ete hi brahmaṇaḥ putrā bhaviṣyā mānavāḥ smṛtāḥ / teṣāmidro vṛṣā nāma bhaviṣyaḥ surarāṭ tataḥ

Translation

此等乃梵天之子，被忆为未来之摩奴；其中名为“弗里沙”的因陀罗，将继而成为诸天之王。

Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; demonstrative pronoun

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• putrāḥ: sons
• putrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• bhaviṣyāḥ: future
• bhaviṣyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; “future (ones)” qualifying putrāḥ

• mānavāḥ: humans/Manus’ descendants
• mānavāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रthama), Plural; predicate nominative

• smṛtāḥ: are regarded/remembered
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; predicative “are remembered/considered”

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठī), Plural

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vṛṣā: Vṛṣa (name)
• vṛṣā: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to indraḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; proper name

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/namative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable (अव्यय), naming particle “by name”

• bhaviṣyaḥ: future
• bhaviṣyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaviṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; qualifying indraḥ

• surarāṭ: king of the gods
• surarāṭ: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-rāṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa: surāṇāṃ rāṭ (king of gods)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण; adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय), sequence “then/thereafter”