महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-3, chapter-186, verse-22
क्षीणे कलियुगे चैव प्रवर्तति कृतं युगम् ।
एषा द्वादशसाहस्री युगाख्या परिकीर्तिता ॥२२॥
एषा द्वादशसाहस्री युगाख्या परिकीर्तिता ॥२२॥
22. kṣīṇe kaliyuge caiva pravartati kṛtaṁ yugam ,
eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā.
eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā.
22.
kṣīṇe kaliyuge ca eva pravartati kṛtam yugam
eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā
eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī yugākhyā parikīrtitā
22.
When the Kali Yuga diminishes, the Kṛta Yuga indeed commences. This twelve-thousand-year period is declared to be known as 'Yuga'.
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, wasted, ended, decayed
- कलियुगे (kaliyuge) - in the Kali Yuga
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
- प्रवर्तति (pravartati) - commences, proceeds, revolves
- कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta Yuga (Satya Yuga) (the Kṛta Yuga, done, made, performed)
- युगम् (yugam) - age, era
- एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)
- द्वादशसाहस्री (dvādaśasāhasrī) - a period of twelve thousand (years) (twelve thousand, consisting of twelve thousand)
- युगाख्या (yugākhyā) - named as Yuga, known as Yuga
- परिकीर्तिता (parikīrtitā) - declared, proclaimed, fully described
Words meanings and morphology
क्षीणे (kṣīṇe) - diminished, wasted, ended, decayed
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of kṣīṇa
kṣīṇa - diminished, wasted, ended, decayed, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √kṣi (to decay, waste away)
Root: kṣi (class 5)
Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.
कलियुगे (kaliyuge) - in the Kali Yuga
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of kaliyuga
kaliyuga - the Kali age, the last of the four yugas
Compound type : tatpurusha (kali+yuga)
- kali – Kali (name of a demon); the last of the four yugas
noun (masculine) - yuga – age, era, a yoke
noun (neuter)
Note: Used in a locative absolute construction.
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
Note: Conjunction.
एव (eva) - indeed, just, only
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
प्रवर्तति (pravartati) - commences, proceeds, revolves
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of pra-vṛt
Prefix: pra
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Often used in middle voice (pravartate) but active is also valid.
कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta Yuga (Satya Yuga) (the Kṛta Yuga, done, made, performed)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, performed, Kṛta (name of the first Yuga)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to the Kṛta Yuga.
युगम् (yugam) - age, era
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yuga
yuga - age, era, a yoke, a pair
Note: Qualified by `kṛtam`.
एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
Note: Refers to `dvādaśasāhasrī`.
द्वादशसाहस्री (dvādaśasāhasrī) - a period of twelve thousand (years) (twelve thousand, consisting of twelve thousand)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dvādaśasāhasrī
dvādaśasāhasrī - a collection of twelve thousand, consisting of twelve thousand
Derived from dvādaśasāhasra (twelve thousand) + ī (feminine suffix)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvādaśa+sāhasra)
- dvādaśa – twelve
numeral - sāhasra – a thousand, relating to a thousand
adjective (neuter)
Derived from sahasra (thousand)
Note: Refers to a collection or period of twelve thousand (years).
युगाख्या (yugākhyā) - named as Yuga, known as Yuga
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of yugākhyā
yugākhyā - name of Yuga, known as Yuga
Compound type : tatpurusha (yuga+ākhyā)
- yuga – age, era
noun (neuter) - ākhyā – name, appellation, designation
noun (feminine)
Note: Predicative noun.
परिकीर्तिता (parikīrtitā) - declared, proclaimed, fully described
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of parikīrtita
parikīrtita - declared, proclaimed, fully described, celebrated
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root √kīrt (to praise, mention) with prefix pari
Prefix: pari
Root: kīrt (class 10)
Note: Predicative adjective for `eṣā dvādaśasāhasrī`.