Shloka 141
Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration
Lalitopākhyāna
Devanagari script
माहात्म्यमस्याः श्रीदेव्याः को वा वर्णयितुं क्षमः / नाहं न शम्भुर्न ब्रह्मा न विष्णुः किमुतापरे
Transliteration
māhātmyamasyāḥ śrīdevyāḥ ko vā varṇayituṃ kṣamaḥ / nāhaṃ na śambhurna brahmā na viṣṇuḥ kimutāpare
Translation
Who could possibly describe the greatness of this holy Śrī Devī? Not I, not Śambhu (Śiva), not Brahmā, not Viṣṇu—how much less anyone else.
Word by Word
māhātmyamgreatness, glory
māhātmyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāhātmya (माहात्म्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
asyāḥof her
asyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (pronoun)
śrīdevyāḥof the revered Goddess
śrīdevyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśrīdevī (श्रीदेवी) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śrīḥ eva devī = the auspicious goddess)
kaḥwho
kaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (interrogative pronoun)
vāindeed/or
vā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvā (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प-निपात (disjunctive particle)
varṇayitumto describe
varṇayitum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
TypeVerb
Root√varṇ (वर्ण्) (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to describe’
kṣamaḥcapable
kṣamaḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣama (क्षम) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण (able)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
ahamI
aham:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
nanor
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
śambhuḥŚambhu (Śiva)
śambhuḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśambhu (शम्भु) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
nanor
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (ब्रह्मन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
nanor
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात
viṣṇuḥViṣṇu
viṣṇuḥ:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (विष्णु) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
kimwhat (to say)
kim:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkim (किम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनिपातवत् प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative particle: ‘what then’)
utathen/indeed
uta:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuta (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/उत्कर्ष-निपात (particle: ‘indeed/then’)
apareothers
apare:
Kartā (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (अपर) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन