Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Word senses

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

ayaṃ(अयं)

this

Masculine of idam: “this one.”

dharma(धर्म)

that which holds

Inflected from dharma. From dhṛ, “to hold, to uphold.” That which holds, the holding: law, right, the way a thing is held in place. Not a one-word “religion.”

ete(एते)

these

Nominative plural of etad: “these.”

prāpya(प्राप्य)

reaching

pra- āp, “to reach, to obtain.” Having reached; reaches.

sa(स)

he

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

sumitrānto(सुमित्रान्तो)

su- (“well, good”) + mitrānto

su- (“well, good”) + mitrānto.

sumitro(सुमित्रो)

su- (“well, good”) + mitro

su- (“well, good”) + mitro.

supratīkaḥ(सुप्रतीकः)

su- (“well, good”) + pratīkaḥ

su- (“well, good”) + pratīkaḥ.

taṃ(तं)

him

Accusative masculine of tad: “him, that.”

tataḥ(ततः)

then

From tad + tas: “from that, then.”