Shloka 21

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

Devanagari script

भविष्यच्छोभनाकारे गच्छ सौम्ये यथासुखम् / सा तं प्रणम्य शिरसा ययौ तुष्टा यथागतम्

Transliteration

bhaviṣyacchobhanākāre gaccha saumye yathāsukham / sā taṃ praṇamya śirasā yayau tuṣṭā yathāgatam

Translation

“Gentle one, in times to come abide in an auspicious form; go in peace, as you wish.” Bowing her head in reverence, she departed content, just as she had come.

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyat-śobhana-ākāre: O you of auspicious future form
• bhaviṣyat-śobhana-ākāre: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣyat (कृदन्त, √bhū; future participle) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; multi-member तत्पुरुष: 'O one whose future form/appearance is auspicious'

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्) Imperative, Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana

• saumye: O gentle one
• saumye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana; address

• yathā-sukham: as you please; comfortably
• yathā-sukham: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial compound (अव्ययीभाव), 'according to comfort/at ease'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), having bowed

• śirasā: with (her) head
• śirasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्) Perfect, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta-guṇa (कर्तृगुण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त, √tuṣ)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• yathā-āgatam: as she had come; back again
• yathā-āgatam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + āgata (कृदन्त, √gam)
• Form: Adverbial compound (अव्ययीभाव), 'as (she) had come' i.e., 'back the same way'