Shloka 3

बलाहकादिसप्तसेनानायकप्रेषणम् (Dispatch of the Seven Commanders beginning with Balāhaka) / Lalitopākhyāna War Continuation

Devanagari script

सर्पिणीमायया सर्वगीर्वाणमदभञ्जनाः / पापीयस्या तया गूढमायया विनिपातिताः

Transliteration

sarpiṇīmāyayā sarvagīrvāṇamadabhañjanāḥ / pāpīyasyā tayā gūḍhamāyayā vinipātitāḥ

Translation

By the māyā called Sarpiṇī, even those who shattered the pride of all the devas were deceived; by her hidden māyā—she, the most wicked—they were cast down to destruction.

Word by Word

• sarpiṇī-māyayā: by the serpent-like illusion
• sarpiṇī-māyayā: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpiṇī + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; tatpuruṣa: सर्पिण्याः माया

• sarva-gīrvāṇa-mada-bhañjanāḥ: destroyers of the pride of all the gods
• sarva-gīrvāṇa-mada-bhañjanāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + gīrvāṇa + mada + bhañjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; tatpuruṣa: सर्वेषां गीर्वाणानां मदस्य भञ्जनाः (destroyers of the gods' pride)

• pāpīyasyāḥ: of the more wicked (woman)
• pāpīyasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpīyas (प्रातिपदिक; comparative)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; comparative adjective used substantively

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun

• gūḍha-māyayā: by hidden illusion
• gūḍha-māyayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gūḍha + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; karmadhāraya: गूढा माया

• vinipātitāḥ: were struck down
• vinipātitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-√pat (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicative passive