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6,61

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-61, verse-54

पादौ तव धरा देवी दिशो बाहुर्दिवं शिरः ।
मूर्तिस्तेऽहं सुराः कायश्चन्द्रादित्यौ च चक्षुषी ॥५४॥
54. pādau tava dharā devī diśo bāhurdivaṁ śiraḥ ,
mūrtiste'haṁ surāḥ kāyaścandrādityau ca cakṣuṣī.
54. pādau tava dharā devī diśaḥ bāhuḥ divam śiraḥ mūrtiḥ
te aham surāḥ kāyaḥ ca candrādityau ca cakṣuṣī
54. tava pādau dharā devī; diśaḥ bāhuḥ; divam śiraḥ; aham
te mūrtiḥ; surāḥ kāyaḥ; ca candrādityau ca cakṣuṣī
54. Your two feet (pādau) are the Earth Goddess, Your arm (bāhuḥ) is the directions, Your head (śiraḥ) is the sky. I am Your form, the gods (surāḥ) are Your body, and the moon and sun are Your two eyes (cakṣuṣī).

Words meanings summery:

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  • पादौ (pādau) - two feet
  • तव (tava) - your, of you
  • धरा (dharā) - Earth
  • देवी (devī) - Goddess
  • दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions
  • बाहुः (bāhuḥ) - Refers to the arm(s) of the Lord, representing vastness. (arm)
  • दिवम् (divam) - the sky (as the Lord's head) (sky, heaven)
  • शिरः (śiraḥ) - head
  • मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form, body, image
  • ते (te) - your, of you
  • अहम् (aham) - The speaker (devotee) identifies their own being with the Lord's form. (I)
  • सुराः (surāḥ) - gods
  • कायः (kāyaḥ) - body
  • (ca) - and
  • चन्द्रादित्यौ (candrādityau) - the moon and sun
  • (ca) - and
  • चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - two eyes

Words meanings and morphology

पादौ (pādau) - two feet
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of pāda
pāda - foot, leg, quarter, ray of light
तव (tava) - your, of you
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
धरा (dharā) - Earth
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of dharā
dharā - Earth, ground, land
Derived from root dhṛ.
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
देवी (devī) - Goddess
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of devī
devī - goddess, divine female
दिशः (diśaḥ) - directions
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of diś
diś - direction, quarter of the sky, point of the compass
बाहुः (bāhuḥ) - Refers to the arm(s) of the Lord, representing vastness. (arm)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhu
bāhu - arm, fore-arm
दिवम् (divam) - the sky (as the Lord's head) (sky, heaven)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of div
div - sky, heaven, day
Note: Used here as an accusative possibly for adverbial usage or as a nominal that serves as a predicate, equating it to 'head'.
शिरः (śiraḥ) - head
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śiras
śiras - head, top, peak
मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ) - form, body, image
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mūrti
mūrti - form, body, figure, image, idol
ते (te) - your, of you
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: An alternative form for tava (genitive singular).
अहम् (aham) - The speaker (devotee) identifies their own being with the Lord's form. (I)
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I
सुराः (surāḥ) - gods
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sura
sura - god, deity
कायः (kāyaḥ) - body
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kāya
kāya - body, collection, heap
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
चन्द्रादित्यौ (candrādityau) - the moon and sun
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of candrāditya
candrāditya - moon and sun
Dvandva compound: candra (moon) and āditya (sun).
Compound type : dvandva (candra+āditya)
  • candra – moon
    noun (masculine)
  • āditya – sun, a solar deity
    noun (masculine)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
चक्षुषी (cakṣuṣī) - two eyes
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of cakṣus
cakṣus - eye, sight