Shloka 3

Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

सर्वपूज्या त्वया प्रोक्ता त्रिपुरा परदेवता / पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाण परिष्कृतचतुर्भुजा

Transliteration

sarvapūjyā tvayā proktā tripurā paradevatā / pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇa pariṣkṛtacaturbhujā

Translation

You have declared Tripurā to be the supreme Goddess, worthy of worship by all; adorned with four arms, she bears the pāśa (noose), aṅkuśa (goad), bow, and arrows.

Word by Word

• sarva-pūjyā: worthy of worship by all
• sarva-pūjyā: Visheshana (विशेषण to tripurā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—“सर्वैः पूज्या”

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण/instrument; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Second-person pronoun, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• proktā: was declared/taught
• proktā: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)→prokta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Feminine, Nominative, Singular; passive sense

• tripurā: Tripurā
• tripurā: Karta (कर्ता/subject of proktā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripurā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• parā-devatā: the supreme deity
• parā-devatā: Apposition (समानााधिकरण to tripurā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; कर्मधारयः

• pāśa-aṅkuśa-dhanuḥ-bāṇa: noose, goad, bow, and arrows
• pāśa-aṅkuśa-dhanuḥ-bāṇa: Visheshana (विशेषण-part of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅkuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhanuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (As a compound member in next word) Dvandva listing weapons; base form used for compounding

• pariṣkṛta-catur-bhujā: having four arms adorned with noose, goad, bow, and arrows
• pariṣkṛta-catur-bhujā: Visheshana (विशेषण to tripurā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pariṣkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + catur (प्रातिपदिक) + bhujā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—“पाशाङ्कुशधनुर्बाणैः परिष्कृताः चतस्रो भुजाः यस्याः” (bahuvrīhi-like sense though form treated as adjectival compound)