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Shloka 17.20-22Unverified draft

देवा महर्षिगन्धर्वास्तार्क्ष्या यक्षा यशस्विन:। नागा: किम्पुरुषाश्चैव सिद्धविद्याधरोरगा:।।1.17.20।। बहवो जनयामासुर्हृष्टास्तत्र सहस्रश:। वानरान्सुमहाकायान्सर्वान्वै वनचारिण:।।1.17.21।। अप्सरस्सु च मुख्यासु तथा विद्याधरीषु च। नागकन्यासु च तथा गन्धर्वीणां तनूषु च।।1.17.22।।

Meaning

The gods, great sages, gandharvas, garudas, illustrious yakshas, nagas, kimpurushas, siddhas, vidyadharas, and uragas — many of them, delighted, begot by the thousands mighty monkeys who ranged the forests, from among the foremost apsaras, vidyadhara women, naga maidens, and gandharva women.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

Shloka 1.17.20

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
devāḥ mahā-ṛṣi-gandharvāḥदेवाः महा-ऋषि-गन्धर्वाःthe gods, great sages, GandharvasNominative plural
tārkṣyāḥ yakṣāḥ yaśasvinaḥतार्क्ष्याः यक्षाः यशस्विनःthe Tarkshyas, the renowned YakshasNominative plural
nāgāḥ kim-puruṣāḥ ca evaनागाः किम्-पुरुषाः च एवthe Nagas, and the Kimpurushas tooNominative plural
siddha-vidyādhara-uragāḥसिद्ध-विद्याधर-उरगाःthe Siddhas, Vidyadharas, and serpentsNominative plural

Shloka 1.17.21

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
bahavaḥ janayāmāsuḥ hṛṣṭāḥबहवः जनयामासुः हृष्टाःmany, delighted, begotVerb (periphrastic perfect)
tatra sahasraśaḥतत्र सहस्रशःthere, by the thousandsIndeclinable/particle
vānarān su-mahā-kāyānवानरान् सु-महा-कायान्monkeys of very great bodyAccusative plural
sarvān vai vana-cāriṇaḥसर्वान् वै वन-चारिणःall of them indeed forest-roamingAccusative plural

Shloka 1.17.22

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
apsarassu ca mukhyāsuअप्सरस्सु च मुख्यासुand among the chief ApsarasLocative plural
tathā vidyādharīṣu caतथा विद्याधरीषु चand likewise among the Vidyadhari womenLocative plural
nāga-kanyāsu ca tathāनाग-कन्यासु च तथाand likewise among Naga maidensLocative plural
gandharvīṇām tanūṣu caगन्धर्वीणाम् तनूषु चand in the bodies of Gandharvi womenLocative plural

Reference: 1.17.20-22 · Bāla Kāṇḍa