Shloka 5

Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

काञ्चीपुरे पवित्रे ऽस्मिन्महीमण्डलमण्डले / केयं विभाति कल्याणी कामाक्षीत्यभिविश्रुता

Transliteration

kāñcīpure pavitre 'sminmahīmaṇḍalamaṇḍale / keyaṃ vibhāti kalyāṇī kāmākṣītyabhiviśrutā

Translation

In this holy Kāñcīpura, in the mandala of the great earth—who is this auspicious One who shines here, renowned everywhere as Kāmākṣī?

Word by Word

• kāñcī-pure: in Kāñcī city
• kāñcī-pure: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcī (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (काञ्च्याः पुरम्)

• pavitre: in the holy (place)
• pavitre: Visheshana (विशेषण to kāñcī-pure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; agrees with kāñcī-pure

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• mahī-maṇḍala-maṇḍale: in the circle/region of the earth-sphere
• mahī-maṇḍala-maṇḍale: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—“महीमण्डलस्य मण्डले”

• kā: who?
• kā: Karta (कर्ता/subject of vibhāti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; interrogative pronoun

• iyam: this (woman/deity)
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता/subject of vibhāti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• vibhāti: shines/appears
• vibhāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+bhā (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• kalyāṇī: the auspicious one
• kalyāṇī: Karta (कर्ता/subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• kāmākṣī: Kāmākṣī
• kāmākṣī: Karta (कर्ता/subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmākṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle

• abhiviśrutā: well-renowned
• abhiviśrutā: Visheshana (विशेषण to kāmākṣī/kalyāṇī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi+vi+śru (धातु)→viśruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular