Shloka 17
Amṛta-Manthana and Lalitā’s Mohinī Intervention
Amṛtamanthana-Prasaṅga
Devanagari script
क्वणत्कनकदर्वीका क्वणन्मङ्गलकङ्कणा / कमनीयविभूषाढ्या कला सा परमा बभौ
Transliteration
kvaṇatkanakadarvīkā kvaṇanmaṅgalakaṅkaṇā / kamanīyavibhūṣāḍhyā kalā sā paramā babhau
Translation
Ihr goldener Schöpflöffel klang, und ihre glückverheißenden Armreifen klirrten; reich an lieblichen Schmuckstücken erstrahlte sie als höchste Anmut.
Word by Word
क्वणत्jingling
क्वणत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्वण् (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), from √क्वण् ‘to jingle’; used as first member in compound
कनकgold
कनक:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootकनक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/masculine stem used as compound member; ‘gold’
दर्वीकाladle
दर्वीका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्वीका (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘ladle/spoon’
क्वणत्कनकदर्वीकाwith a jingling golden ladle
क्वणत्कनकदर्वीका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्वणत् + कनक + दर्वीका (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (descriptive), ‘(she) whose golden ladle is jingling’; Feminine, Nominative, Singular (qualifying सा)
क्वणन्jingling
क्वणन्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्वण् (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), from √क्वण्; used as first member in compound
मङ्गलauspicious
मङ्गल:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeAdjective
Rootमङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStem used as compound member; ‘auspicious’
कङ्कणाbangle
कङ्कणा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकङ्कण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘bangle/bracelet’
क्वणन्मङ्गलकङ्कणाwith jingling auspicious bangles
क्वणन्मङ्गलकङ्कणा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्वणन् + मङ्गल + कङ्कण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya, ‘(she) whose auspicious bangles are jingling’; Feminine, Nominative, Singular
कमनीयlovely
कमनीय:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeAdjective
Rootकमनीय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStem used as compound member; ‘lovely/charming’
विभूषाadornment
विभूषा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootविभूषा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine stem used as compound member; ‘ornamentation/adornment’
आढ्याabounding in
आढ्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘rich/abounding’
कमनीयविभूषाढ्याrich in lovely ornaments
कमनीयविभूषाढ्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकमनीय + विभूषा + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष), ‘abounding in lovely adornments’; Feminine, Nominative, Singular
कलाa lovely art/beauty (maiden)
कला:
Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकला (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
साshe
सा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
परमाsupreme
परमा:
Karta (कर्ता/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular; superlative sense ‘supreme/excellent’
बभौshone/appeared
बभौ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular