Shloka 52

Dīkṣā-bhedaḥ (Types of Initiation) — Lalitopākhyāna: Hayagrīva–Agastya Dialogue

Devanagari script

पूजाकोटिसमं स्तोत्रं स्तोत्रकोटिसमोजपः / जपकोटिसमं ध्यानं ध्यानकोटिसमो लयः

Transliteration

pūjākoṭisamaṃ stotraṃ stotrakoṭisamojapaḥ / japakoṭisamaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyānakoṭisamo layaḥ

Translation

عبادةٌ بملايين المرات تُعادِلُ ترنيمةَ تسبيحٍ مقدّسة (ستوترا)، وترنيماتٌ بملايين تُعادِلُ الجَپا، تكرارَ المانترا. والجَپا بملايين تُعادِلُ الدهيانا، التأمّل؛ والدهيانا بملايين تُعادِلُ اللايا، الذوبانَ في الألوهة.

Word by Word

• pūjā-koṭi-samaṃ: equal to a crore of worships
• pūjā-koṭi-samaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: pūjāyāḥ koṭyā samaṃ = equal to a crore of worship

• stotram: a hymn
• stotram: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• stotra-koṭi-samaḥ: equal to a crore of hymns
• stotra-koṭi-samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: stotrāṇāṃ koṭyā samaḥ = equal to a crore of hymns

• japaḥ: (mantra) repetition
• japaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• japa-koṭi-samaṃ: equal to a crore of repetitions
• japa-koṭi-samaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: japānāṃ koṭyā samaṃ = equal to a crore of repetitions

• dhyānam: meditation
• dhyānam: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• dhyāna-koṭi-samaḥ: equal to a crore of meditations
• dhyāna-koṭi-samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: dhyānānāṃ koṭyā samaḥ = equal to a crore of meditations

• layaḥ: absorption/dissolution (samādhi-like merging)
• layaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)