Shloka 20
Śrīpura-Nirmāṇa-Prastāva (Inquiry into Śrīpura and its Construction) / “The Proposal to Build Śrīpura”
Devanagari script
आत्दृत्य षोडश क्षेत्राण्यंबाश्रीपुरकॢप्तये / येषु दिव्यानि वेश्मानि ललिताया महौजसः / सृजतं दिव्यघटनापण्डितौ शिल्पिनौ युवाम्
Transliteration
ātdṛtya ṣoḍaśa kṣetrāṇyaṃbāśrīpurakḷptaye / yeṣu divyāni veśmāni lalitāyā mahaujasaḥ / sṛjataṃ divyaghaṭanāpaṇḍitau śilpinau yuvām
Translation
In Ehrfurcht übernehmt die Anordnung von sechzehn heiligen Kṣetra, um die Śrīpura der Mutter Ambā zu errichten. Dort sollt ihr beide—junge Kunsthandwerker, kundig im göttlichen Bauen—himmlische Wohnstätten für Lalitā von großer Macht erschaffen.
Word by Word
ā-dṛtyahaving taken/undertaken
ā-dṛtya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/gerundial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootā-√dṛ (धातु) → dṛtya (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), उपसर्ग ‘आ’ सहित; अर्थः ‘आदाय/गृहीत्वा’
ṣoḍaśasixteen
ṣoḍaśa:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootṣoḍaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (संख्याविशेषण; क्षेत्राणि इति विशेष्ये)
kṣetrāṇifields/holy sites
kṣetrāṇi:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
aṃbāśrīpura-kḷptayefor the construction of Ambā’s Śrīpura
aṃbāśrīpura-kḷptaye:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/recipient-purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootaṃbā (प्रातिपदिक) + śrīpura (प्रातिपदिक) + kḷpti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अम्बायाः श्रीपुरस्य कॢप्तये/निर्माणाय)
yeṣuin which
yeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)
divyānidivine
divyāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वेश्मानि इति)
veśmānimansions/palaces
veśmāni:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootveśman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
lalitāyāḥof Lalitā
lalitāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootlalitā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
mahaujasaḥof the great-powerful (one)
mahaujasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ojas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् ओजः यस्य) — ‘greatly powerful’ (qualifying Lalitā)
sṛjataṃcreate (you two)
sṛjataṃ:
Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
TypeVerb
Root√sṛj (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद
divya-ghaṭanā-paṇḍitauyou two, skilled in divine construction
divya-ghaṭanā-paṇḍitau:
Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (सम्बोधन/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdivya (प्रातिपदिक) + ghaṭanā (प्रातिपदिक) + paṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यायाः घटनायाः पण्डितौ = skilled in divine construction)
śilpinauO two artisans
śilpinau:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative sense)
TypeNoun
Rootśilpin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन
yuvāmyou two
yuvām:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formउभयलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; 2nd-person dual pronoun