Shloka 120

Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मादीनां त्रयाणां च तुरीयस्त्वीश्वरः प्रभुः / चतुर्णामपि सर्वेषामादि कर्ता सदाशिवः

Transliteration

brahmādīnāṃ trayāṇāṃ ca turīyastvīśvaraḥ prabhuḥ / caturṇāmapi sarveṣāmādi kartā sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Above the three—Brahmā and the rest—stands the Fourth: Īśvara, the Lord abiding in Turīya. And Sadāśiva is the primordial creator of all four.

Word by Word

• brahmā-ādīnām: of Brahmā and the others
• brahmā-ādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmā (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्)

• trayāṇām: of the three
• trayāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• turīyaḥ: the fourth
• turīyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: turīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेष/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prabhuḥ: the Master
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• caturṇām: of the four
• caturṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ādi: the beginning/first
• ādi: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘आदिः’ (stem shown as ādi)

• kartā: creator/doer
• kartā: Karta (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tṛc (तृच्)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sadāśivaḥ: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadāśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (sadā + śiva)