Shloka 60
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
आदिकूर्माकृतिः श्रीमान्मध्ये क्षीरपयोनिधेः / भ्रमतो मन्दराद्रेस्तु तस्या धिष्टानतामगात्
Transliteration
ādikūrmākṛtiḥ śrīmānmadhye kṣīrapayonidheḥ / bhramato mandarādrestu tasyā dhiṣṭānatāmagāt
Translation
In the midst of the Ocean of Milk, the glorious Lord assumed the form of the primal Tortoise and became the steadfast base of the whirling Mount Mandara.
Word by Word
आदि-कूर्म-आकृतिःthe form of the primeval tortoise
आदि-कूर्म-आकृतिः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक) + कूर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘कूर्मस्य आकृतिः’ with ‘आदि’ as qualifier
श्रीमान्glorious, illustrious
श्रीमान्:
कर्तृविशेषण (Agent-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
क्षीर-पयः-निधेःof the ocean of milk(-waters)
क्षीर-पयः-निधेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक) + पयस् (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘क्षीरस्य पयसोः निधिः’ (ocean/treasury of milk and water)
भ्रमतःof (the mountain) rotating
भ्रमतः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘भ्रमन्’ → ‘भ्रमतः’ (of/while rotating)
मन्दर-अद्रेःof Mount Mandara
मन्दर-अद्रेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दर (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः: ‘मन्दरः अद्रिः’
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (contrast/emphasis)
तस्याःof it/of her
तस्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
धिष्ठानताम्the state of being a support/base
धिष्ठानताम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअधिष्ठानता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अगात्went/assumed
अगात्:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)