Shloka 12
Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration
Lalitopākhyāna
Devanagari script
ततश्च सकला लोका स्त्यक्तदेवपितृक्तियाः / इति कर्त्तव्यतामूढा न प्रजानन्त किञ्चन
Transliteration
tataśca sakalā lokā styaktadevapitṛktiyāḥ / iti karttavyatāmūḍhā na prajānanta kiñcana
Translation
Then all the worlds forsook the rites to the gods and the ancestral Fathers; bewildered about what must be done, they knew nothing at all.
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kārya-kāraṇa-bhāva (कार्य-कारणभाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon/therefore)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
sakalāḥall
sakalāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsakala (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘lokāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण
lokāḥworlds/people
lokāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
tyakta-deva-pitṛ-kriyāḥhaving abandoned rites for gods and ancestors
tyakta-deva-pitṛ-kriyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Roottyakta (कृदन्त) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘येषां देवपितृकर्माणि त्यक्तानि ते’
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
kartavyatā-mūḍhāḥbewildered about what should be done
kartavyatā-mūḍhāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkartavya (कृदन्त) + -tā (प्रत्यय) + mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘lokāḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; ‘कर्तव्यता’ (sense of duty) + ‘मूढ’ (bewildered)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation)
prajānantathey knew, understood
prajānanta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√jñā (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
kiñcanaanything
kiñcana:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkiñcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘na’ सह—‘किञ्चन’ = anything at all; कर्म