Shloka 5
Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās
Devanagari script
एतस्या एव मुद्राया मध्यमे सरले यदि / क्रियते विन्ध्यदर्पारे मुद्रा विद्राविणी तथा
Transliteration
etasyā eva mudrāyā madhyame sarale yadi / kriyate vindhyadarpāre mudrā vidrāviṇī tathā
Translation
This very mudrā—if the middle finger is held straight in the center and it is performed upon the firm flank of the Vindhya—then it is likewise called the Vidrāviṇī Mudrā, the dispeller of obstacles.
Word by Word
etasyāḥof this
etasyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle/Emphasis (निपात)
mudrāyāḥof the mudrā (hand-gesture)
mudrāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootmudrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
madhyamein the middle
madhyame:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
saralestraight/unaltered
sarale:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying madhyame
yadiif
yadi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Condition marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyadi (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/Conditional (सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय)
kriyateis done/is performed
kriyate:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (कृ धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
vindhya-darpāreO remover of Vindhya’s pride (or: in/for Vindhya’s pride-removal context)
vindhya-darpāre:
Sambodhana/Adhikaraṇa (सम्बोधन/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvindhya (प्रातिपदिक) + darpa-ara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘Vindhya’ + ‘darpāra’ (pride-enemy/one who removes pride) used as address/location-context
mudrāthe mudrā
mudrā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmudrā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vidrāviṇīcausing to flee/driving away
vidrāviṇī:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidrāviṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying mudrā
tathāthus/also
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb/Particle (क्रियाविशेषण/निपात)