Shloka 63

ललितोपाख्याने जप-न्यास-योगप्रकरणम्

Lalitopākhyāna: Procedure of Japa, Nyāsa, and Yogic Installation

Devanagari script

षोढा न्यासं प्रकुर्वीत देवतात्मत्वसिद्धये / विघ्नेशादींस्तु तत्रादौ विन्यसेद्ध्यानपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

ṣoḍhā nyāsaṃ prakurvīta devatātmatvasiddhaye / vighneśādīṃstu tatrādau vinyaseddhyānapūrvakam

Translation

To attain the realization of oneness with the very Self of the Deity, one should perform the sixteenfold nyāsa (ṣoḍhā-nyāsa). There, first of all, one should install Vighneśa and the others, preceded by meditation (dhyāna).

Word by Word

• ṣoḍhā: sixfold
• ṣoḍhā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ṣoḍhā (अव्यय; from ṣaṭ ‘six’ + dhā)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb meaning ‘in six ways/ sixfold’

• nyāsam: nyāsa (ritual placement)
• nyāsam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• prakurvīta: should perform
• prakurvīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• devatā-ātmatva-siddhaye: for the accomplishment of becoming one with the deity
• devatā-ātmatva-siddhaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Dative-purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā + ātmatva + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana; purpose dative ‘for the attainment of deity-identity’

• vighneśa-ādīn: Vighneśa and the others
• vighneśa-ādīn: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vighneśa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Bahuvacana; ‘Vighneśa and others’ (ādi = etc.)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; contrast/emphasis particle (विरोध/अन्वर्थ)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-adverb (देशवाचक)

• ādau: at the beginning
• ādau: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: Avyaya-prāya; Saptamī ekavacana used adverbially ‘at first/in the beginning’

• vinyaset: should place/assign
• vinyaset: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √nyas (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• dhyāna-pūrvakam: with meditation beforehand
• dhyāna-pūrvakam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhyāna + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva used as adverb; accusative singular neuter form functioning adverbially ‘preceded by meditation’