Shloka 19
Nīlakaṇṭha-nāmotpatti-kathana
Origin of the Epithet “Nīlakaṇṭha”
Devanagari script
तेजसा च बलेनाथ शार्वं ज्योतिः कृताञ्जली / वर्द्धमानां तदा ज्वालामत्यन्तपरमाद्भुताम्
Transliteration
tejasā ca balenātha śārvaṃ jyotiḥ kṛtāñjalī / varddhamānāṃ tadā jvālāmatyantaparamādbhutām
Translation
Von Glanz und Kraft erfüllt, mit gefalteten Händen, erwiesen sie der Lichtgestalt Śarvas Verehrung. Da wuchs die Flamme weiter an, überaus und höchst wundersam.
Word by Word
tejasāby splendor/power
tejasā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; instrument
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
balenaby strength
balena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana; instrument
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक) ‘then/now’
śārvaṃŚiva’s
śārvaṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśārva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of jyotiḥ (‘of Śarva/Śiva’)
jyotiḥlight
jyotiḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
kṛta-añjalīwith folded hands
kṛta-añjalī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛta (कृ-धातु, क्त) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi-like usage as epithet; Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ‘one who has made añjali’ (hands folded)
varddhamānāmincreasing
varddhamānām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√vṛdh (धातु)
FormŚatṛ/Present participle (शतृ), Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; agrees with jvālām
tadāthen
tadā:
Kālādhi karaṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; temporal adverb
jvālāmflame
jvālām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjvālā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
atyanta-parama-adbhutāmutterly supremely wondrous
atyanta-parama-adbhutām:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootatyanta (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + parama (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; multi-member descriptive compound qualifying jvālām