Shloka 57
Śūnyaka-nagara Utpāta-varṇanam (Portents in the City of Śūnyaka) — Lalitāyāḥ Yātrā-śravaṇāt Bhaṇḍāsura-purālaye Kṣobhaḥ
Devanagari script
पुरा हि चण्डिका नाम नारी मयाविजृंभिणी / निशुम्भशुंभौ महिषं व्यापादितवती रणे
Transliteration
purā hi caṇḍikā nāma nārī mayāvijṛṃbhiṇī / niśumbhaśuṃbhau mahiṣaṃ vyāpāditavatī raṇe
Translation
In ancient times the Goddess Candika, mighty through the unfolding of māyā, slew in battle Nisumbha, Sumbha, and the demon Mahisha.
Word by Word
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of time (कालवाचक-अव्यय)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात), emphasis/causal nuance
caṇḍikāCaṇḍikā
caṇḍikā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcaṇḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular
nāmaby name
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable used as naming particle (नाम-निपात)
nārīa woman
nārī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnārī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular; apposition to Caṇḍikā
mayā-vijṛmbhiṇīmanifesting/expanding by illusion
mayā-vijṛmbhiṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmayā (प्रातिपदिक) + vijṛmbhiṇī (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √jṛmbh/जृम्भ् with vi-)
FormTatpuruṣa (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: ‘expanding by/through illusion’); Feminine Nominative Singular
niśumbha-śumbhauNiśumbha and Śumbha
niśumbha-śumbhau:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootniśumbha (प्रातिपदिक) + śumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvandva compound (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व); Masculine Accusative Dual (द्वितीया द्विवचन)
mahiṣamthe buffalo(-demon)
mahiṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Accusative Singular (द्वितीया एकवचन)
vyāpāditavatīkilled/caused to perish
vyāpāditavatī:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-ā-pad (धातु √pad/पद् causative/णिच् ‘to cause to perish/kill’)
FormPerfect participle/agentive past (क्तवतु/क्तवती), Feminine Nominative Singular; finite-sense predicate ‘she killed’
raṇein battle
raṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Locative (सप्तमी) Singular