Shloka 52

Dīkṣā-bhedaḥ (Types of Initiation) — Lalitopākhyāna: Hayagrīva–Agastya Dialogue

Devanagari script

पूजाकोटिसमं स्तोत्रं स्तोत्रकोटिसमोजपः / जपकोटिसमं ध्यानं ध्यानकोटिसमो लयः

Transliteration

pūjākoṭisamaṃ stotraṃ stotrakoṭisamojapaḥ / japakoṭisamaṃ dhyānaṃ dhyānakoṭisamo layaḥ

Translation

A million acts of worship equal one sacred hymn; a million hymns equal one japa, the mantra’s repetition. A million japas equal one dhyāna, meditation; a million meditations equal laya, dissolution into the Divine.

Word by Word

• pūjā-koṭi-samaṃ: equal to a crore of worships
• pūjā-koṭi-samaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: pūjāyāḥ koṭyā samaṃ = equal to a crore of worship

• stotram: a hymn
• stotram: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• stotra-koṭi-samaḥ: equal to a crore of hymns
• stotra-koṭi-samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: stotrāṇāṃ koṭyā samaḥ = equal to a crore of hymns

• japaḥ: (mantra) repetition
• japaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• japa-koṭi-samaṃ: equal to a crore of repetitions
• japa-koṭi-samaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: japānāṃ koṭyā samaṃ = equal to a crore of repetitions

• dhyānam: meditation
• dhyānam: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• dhyāna-koṭi-samaḥ: equal to a crore of meditations
• dhyāna-koṭi-samaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa-samāsa: dhyānānāṃ koṭyā samaḥ = equal to a crore of meditations

• layaḥ: absorption/dissolution (samādhi-like merging)
• layaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Uddeśya (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)