Shloka 17
ललितोपाख्याने जप-न्यास-योगप्रकरणम्
Lalitopākhyāna: Procedure of Japa, Nyāsa, and Yogic Installation
Devanagari script
प्रागाधायैषु शषसान्मूलहृन्मूर्द्धसु न्यसेत् / कक्षकट्यंसवामांसकटिहृत्सु च विन्यसेत्
Transliteration
prāgādhāyaiṣu śaṣasānmūlahṛnmūrddhasu nyaset / kakṣakaṭyaṃsavāmāṃsakaṭihṛtsu ca vinyaset
Translation
পূর্বমুখে স্থিত হয়ে এই ‘শ-ষ-স’ প্রভৃতিকে মূলে, হৃদয়ে ও মস্তকে ন্যাস করবে; এবং কক্ষ, কটি, অংস, বামাংশ, কটি ও হৃদয়েও বিন্যাস করবে।
Word by Word
prākfirst/beforehand
prāk:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprāk (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb ‘before/first’
ādhāyahaving placed
ādhāya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dhā (धा) with ā- prefix; absolutive (ल्यप्)
FormKṛdanta; gerund (ल्यप्) ‘having placed/installed’
eṣuin these
eṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃ/Napुंसक, Saptamī vibhakti (loc.), Bahuvacana; pronominal ‘in these’
śaṣasānthe ‘śaṣa’ (set of syllables/letters)
śaṣasān:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (acc.), Bahuvacana; object understood (letters/syllables)
mūla-hṛt-mūrddhasuat the root, heart, and head
mūla-hṛt-mūrddhasu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmūla (प्रातिपदिक) + hṛd/hṛt (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrddhan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃ/Napुंसक, Saptamī vibhakti (loc.), Bahuvacana; ‘at the root, heart, and head’
nyasetshould place
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) with ni- prefix
FormVidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana
kakṣa-kaṭi-aṃsa-vāma-aṃsa-kaṭi-hṛtsuin the armpits, hips, shoulders (incl. left), waist, and heart
kakṣa-kaṭi-aṃsa-vāma-aṃsa-kaṭi-hṛtsu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + vāma (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + hṛd/hṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃ/Napुंसक, Saptamī vibhakti (loc.), Bahuvacana; enumerative locative ‘in the armpit(s), waist/hip, shoulder, left shoulder, waist, and heart’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)
vinyasetshould arrange/place
vinyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस्) with vi- + ni- prefixes
FormVidhi-liṅ (optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana