Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

Caturtha Aṃśa, Daśama Adhyāya · Back to chapter

English lines use these phrases for common nouns. Only names (people, deities, epithets) stay in Sanskrit in the translation.

antam(अन्तम्)

end

anta: end, edge, death as the end. The limit.

bhūya(भूय)

again

Comparative of bahu / from bhū: “more, again.”

cāpa(चाप)

bow

Inflected from cāpa. dhanus: bow. cāpa also bow.

dattvā(दत्त्वा)

gives

From dā, “to give.” Gives; having given; given.

diśa(दिश)

direction

Inflected from diśa. diś: direction, quarter of the sky.

diśaḥ(दिशः)

direction

diś: direction, quarter of the sky.

durmatibhir(दुर्मतिभिर्)

dur- (“ill, hard”) + matibhir

dur- (“ill, hard”) + matibhir.

ekaṃ(एकं)

one

eka: one. The one, a single.

etām(एताम्)

this

Accusative of etad: this.

icchāmi(इच्छामि)

I wish

From iṣ, “to wish.” I wish.

iyam(इयम्)

this

Feminine of idam: “this.”

jāyate(जायते)

is born

From jan, “to be born.” Is born; born.

kāma(काम)

desire

Inflected from kāma. From kam, “to wish, to desire.” Wish; desire. Not only sexual desire.

kāmān(कामान्)

desire

From kam: desire, wish.

kurute(कुरुते)

does

From kṛ, “to do.” Does; you do!; do! (kuru can also vocative of Kuru).

mahān(महान्)

great

mahat: great. From mah, “to be great.”

paryāptaṃ(पर्याप्तं)

sufficient

pari-āp: fully reached, sufficient.

pitā(पिता)

father

pitṛ: father (the protector/nourisher).

pitaraṃ(पितरं)

father

pitṛ: father (the protector/nourisher).

prasāda(प्रसाद)

settled-clearness

Inflected from prasāda. pra-sad, “to sit forth, to settle.” Settled clearness; grace as a settling-down of favour. Not a temple sweet.

prayayau(प्रययौ)

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yayau

pra- (“forth, forward”) + yayau.

pūrṇaṃ(पूर्णं)

full

From pṝ, “to fill.” Filled, full.

sa(स)

he

Nominative singular masculine of tad: “he, that one.”

samadṛṣṭes(समदृष्टेस्)

sam- (“together”) + adṛṣṭes

sam- (“together”) + adṛṣṭes.

saṃkrāmayituṃ(संक्रामयितुं)

saṃ- (“together”) + krāmayituṃ

saṃ- (“together”) + krāmayituṃ.

samyak(सम्यक्)

rightly

sam- + añc: “together-going, rightly, fully.”

sarva(सर्व)

all

Inflected from sarva. sarva: whole, all. The entire, not a leftover.

ṣaṭ(षट्)

six

ṣaṣ: six.

tadā(तदा)

then

ta- + dā: “at that time, then.”

taṃ(तं)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tapas(तपस्)

heat

Inflected from tapas. From tap, “to heat, to burn.” Heat; the heating of oneself (austerity as inner heat, not grim duty).

tathā(तथा)

so

ta- + thā: “in that way, so.”

tyaktvā(त्यक्त्वा)

leaving

From tyaj, “to leave.” Having left; one leaves; one should leave.

upabhogena(उपभोगेन)

upa- (“near, toward”) + bhogena

upa- (“near, toward”) + bhogena.

upayeme(उपयेमे)

upa- (“near, toward”) + yeme

upa- (“near, toward”) + yeme.

viṣaya(विषय)

sense-object

Inflected from viṣaya. vi- + si “to throw”: what is thrown before one; a sense-object, a domain.

yadā(यदा)

when

ya- + dā: “at which time, when.”