Shloka 15

हिरण्यकशिपुजन्म-तपः-वरप्रभावः

Birth, Austerity, and Boon-Power of Hiraṇyakaśipu

Devanagari script

सर्वामरत्वमवधं सर्वभूतेभ्य एव हि / योगद्देवान् विनिर्जित्य सर्वदेवत्वमास्थितः

Transliteration

sarvāmaratvamavadhaṃ sarvabhūtebhya eva hi / yogaddevān vinirjitya sarvadevatvamāsthitaḥ

Translation

Er begehrte völlige Unsterblichkeit, unverwundbar durch alle Wesen; und durch die Kraft des Yoga besiegte er die Götter und nahm die Herrschaft wie die aller Gottheiten an.

Word by Word

• sarva-amaratvam: complete immortality
• sarva-amaratvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + amaratva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘complete immortality’

• avadham: non-slaying; immunity from killing
• avadham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-bhūtebhyaḥ: from all beings
• sarva-bhūtebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural (बहुवचन); karmadhāraya: ‘from all beings’

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), restrictive/emphatic

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic

• yogāt: by/through yoga (ascetic power)
• yogāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vinirjitya: having conquered
• vinirjitya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vi-nir-ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya-kṛdanta

• sarva-devatvam: universal godhood
• sarva-devatvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + devatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘the state of being lord of all gods / universal divinity’

• āsthitaḥ: attained/assumed
• āsthitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (स्था-धातु) + ta (क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively: ‘has assumed/attained’