Shloka 1

Cintāmaṇi-gṛha Antara-kathana (Account of the Inner Chambers of the Cintāmaṇi Palace) — Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने चिन्तामणिगृहान्तरकथनं नाम षट्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः हयग्रीव उवाच सर्वज्ञद्यन्तरालस्योपरिष्टात्कलशोद्भव / हस्तविंशतिरुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम्

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne cintāmaṇigṛhāntarakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ hayagrīva uvāca sarvajñadyantarālasyopariṣṭātkalaśodbhava / hastaviṃśatirunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram

Translation

Thus, in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the latter section, in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya, within the Lalitā narrative, is the thirty-sixth chapter called “The Account of the Inner Chambers of the Cintāmaṇi Mansion.” Hayagrīva said: O Kalaśodbhava (Agastya), above the inner space of Sarvajñā it rises twenty hastas, and its breadth is four nalvas.

Word by Word

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

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound used as text-title locus

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

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

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

• cintāmaṇi-gṛha-antara-kathanaṃ: the account of the interior of the Cintāmaṇi palace
• cintāmaṇi-gṛha-antara-kathanaṃ: Karta (कर्ता/heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintāmaṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; chapter-title noun

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; title-marker ‘named’ (नाम-प्रयोग)

• ṣaṭ-triṃśaḥ: thirty-sixth
• ṣaṭ-triṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal sense ‘thirty-sixth’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• 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: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvajña-ādi-antara-alasya: of the inner enclosure/abode beginning with Sarvajña
• sarvajña-ādi-antara-alasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvajña (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (ālaya m.), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of the inner abode beginning with Sarvajña’

• upariṣṭāt: above, on the upper side
• upariṣṭāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upariṣṭāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• kalaśa-udbhava: O Pot-born one (Agastya)
• kalaśa-udbhava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; address to Agastya (‘born from the pot’)

• hasta-viṃśatiḥ: twenty cubits
• hasta-viṃśatiḥ: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; measure-expression ‘twenty cubits’

• unnamram: raised/high (in height)
• unnamram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-nam (धातु) + ra (कृत् प्रत्यय) → unnamra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past participial adjective; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agreeing with implied ‘pramāṇam/āyatam’

• catur-nalva-pravistaram: (with) an extent of four nalvas
• catur-nalva-pravistaram: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + nalva (प्रातिपदिक; measure-unit) + pravistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; measure-expression ‘having breadth/extent of four nalvas’