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Shloka 4

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

हयग्रीव उवाच अनादिरखिलाधारा सदसत्कर्मरूपिणी / ध्यानैकदृश्या ध्यानाङ्गी विद्याङ्गी हृदयास्पदा

hayagrīva uvāca anādirakhilādhārā sadasatkarmarūpiṇī / dhyānaikadṛśyā dhyānāṅgī vidyāṅgī hṛdayāspadā

Hayagrīva said: She is without beginning, the support of all; she takes the form of deeds, both good and ill. Seen only through meditation, she is an element of meditation, an element of sacred knowledge, and the abiding place within the heart.

hayagrīvaḥHayagrīva
hayagrīvaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roothayagrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
anādiḥbeginningless
anādiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanādi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे विशेषण-रूपे प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
akhila-ādhārāsupport of all
akhila-ādhārā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila + ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
sat-asat-karma-rūpiṇīhaving the form of good and bad actions
sat-asat-karma-rūpiṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsat + asat + karma + rūpiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
dhyāna-eka-dṛśyāseen only through meditation
dhyāna-eka-dṛśyā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhyāna + eka + dṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
dhyāna-aṅgīwhose limbs are meditation / embodied as meditation
dhyāna-aṅgī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhyāna + aṅgin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
vidyā-aṅgīembodied as knowledge
vidyā-aṅgī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvidyā + aṅgin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)
hṛdaya-āspadāabiding in the heart
hṛdaya-āspadā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roothṛdaya + āspada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (देवी-विशेषणम्)