Shloka 1

श्रीनगर-त्रिपुरा-सप्तकक्षा-पालकदेवताप्रकाशनम्

Revelation of the Guardian Deities of Śrīnagara-Tripurā’s Seven Enclosures

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसम्वादे ललितोपाख्याने श्रीनगरत्रिपुरासप्तकक्षापालकदेवताप्रकाशन कथनं नाम द्वात्रिंशो ऽध्यायः हयग्रीव उवाच कथितं सप्तशालानां लक्षणं शिल्पिभिः कृतम् / अथ रत्नमयाः शालाः प्रकीर्त्यन्ते ऽवधारय

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasamvāde lalitopākhyāne śrīnagaratripurāsaptakakṣāpālakadevatāprakāśana kathanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ hayagrīva uvāca kathitaṃ saptaśālānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śilpibhiḥ kṛtam / atha ratnamayāḥ śālāḥ prakīrtyante 'vadhāraya

Translation

So heißt es im Śrī Brahmāṇḍa-Mahāpurāṇa, im Uttara-Teil, im Zwiegespräch zwischen Hayagrīva und Agastya, in der Erzählung von Lalitā: das zweiunddreißigste Kapitel, genannt „Darlegung der Schutzgottheiten der sieben Gemächer von Śrīnagara-Tripurā“. Hayagrīva sprach: Die Kennzeichen der sieben Hallen, von den Meistern der Baukunst errichtet, sind bereits geschildert; nun werden die Hallen aus Edelsteinen gepriesen—höre aufmerksam zu.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + brahmāṇḍa + mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; samāsa: śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇa (title)

• uttarabhāge: in the latter section
• uttarabhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• hayagrīva-agastya-samvāde: in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya
• hayagrīva-agastya-samvāde: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva + agastya + samvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvandva of interlocutors + samvāda

• lalitopākhyāne: in the Lalitā-upākhyāna (episode)
• lalitopākhyāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• śrī-nagara-tripura-sapta-kakṣā-pālaka-devatā-prakāśana-kathanam: the narration called ‘Revelation of the deities guarding the seven enclosures of Śrīnagara-Tripurā’
• śrī-nagara-tripura-sapta-kakṣā-pālaka-devatā-prakāśana-kathanam: Karta (कर्ता) / Nāmadheya (नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + nagara + tripurā + sapta + kakṣā + pālaka + devatā + prakāśana + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; long tatpuruṣa title-compound

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle (नाम-निपातः)

• dvātriṃśaḥ: thirty-second
• dvātriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvātriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal usage ‘32nd’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Nāmadheya (नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• hayagrīvaḥ: Hayagrīva
• hayagrīvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• kathitam: has been described
• kathitam: Karma (कर्म) / Pradhāna-vākya-bhāva
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative with implied ‘has been’

• sapta-śālānām: of the seven halls
• sapta-śālānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); dvigu ‘seven halls’

• lakṣaṇam: characteristic(s)
• lakṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular

• śilpibhiḥ: by the artisans
• śilpibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) / Agent-instrumental
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• kṛtam: made/composed
• kṛtam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; agrees with lakṣaṇam

• atha: now/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse marker (अथ)

• ratnamayāḥ: gem-made
• ratnamayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna-maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with śālāḥ

• śālāḥ: halls
• śālāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• prakīrtyante: are being described/proclaimed
• prakīrtyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); passive/impersonal sense ‘are proclaimed’

• avadhāraya: pay attention/consider
• avadhāraya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)