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Shloka 63

ललितोपाख्याने मन्त्रतारतम्यकथनम्

Hierarchy of Mantras in the Lalitopākhyāna

भिन्नैर्वर्णैरायुधैश्च भिन्नैर्वाहनभूषणैः / ये ध्यायन्ति महादेवीं तास्ताः सिद्धीर्भञ्जति ते

bhinnairvarṇairāyudhaiśca bhinnairvāhanabhūṣaṇaiḥ / ye dhyāyanti mahādevīṃ tāstāḥ siddhīrbhañjati te

With varied hues, with varied weapons, with varied mounts and adornments—whoever meditates upon the Mahādevī, to them she grants those very siddhis, the spiritual attainments.

bhinnaiḥwith various/different
bhinnaiḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhinna (कृदन्त; √bhid धातु, क्त)
Formपुं/नपुंसक (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
varṇaiḥcolors/complexions
varṇaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
āyudhaiḥweapons
āyudhaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootāyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)
bhinnaiḥwith different
bhinnaiḥ:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhinna (कृदन्त; √bhid धातु, क्त)
Formपुं/नपुंसक (Masc/Neut), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
vāhana-bhūṣaṇaiḥwith vehicle-ornaments (ornaments of mounts)
vāhana-bhūṣaṇaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootvāhana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)
yethose who
ye:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
dhyāyantimeditate upon
dhyāyanti:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√dhyai (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)
mahā-devīmthe Great Goddess
mahā-devīm:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
tāḥthose (f.)
tāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
tāḥthose (same)
tāḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
siddhīḥaccomplishments/powers
siddhīḥ:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
bhañjatibreaks/destroys
bhañjati:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhañj (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)