Shloka 12
भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
Devanagari script
तदत्र मूलच्छेदाय तस्या यत्नो विधीयताम् / मया चारमुखाज्ज्ञाता तस्या वृत्तिर्महाबला
Transliteration
tadatra mūlacchedāya tasyā yatno vidhīyatām / mayā cāramukhājjñātā tasyā vṛttirmahābalā
Translation
Así pues, para cortar de raíz, dispóngase el esfuerzo contra ella. Por boca de los espías he sabido de su proceder, de gran poder.
Word by Word
तत्therefore/that
तत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; used discourse-deictically ('therefore/that')
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
मूल-च्छेदायfor cutting at the root
मूल-च्छेदाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/for-purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक) + छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa: 'for root-cutting'; Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; purpose dative
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
यत्नःeffort
यत्नः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
विधीयताम्let (it) be undertaken/arranged
विधीयताम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि+धा (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्/Loṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada/passive-style: 'let it be done/arranged'
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण/agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
चार-मुखात्from a spy's mouth
चार-मुखात्:
Apadana (अपादान/source)
TypeNoun
Rootचार (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa: 'from the mouth of a spy/informer'; Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
ज्ञाताknown, ascertained
ज्ञाता:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त); Feminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate agreeing with 'वृत्तिः' (understood as 'known')
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
वृत्तिःconduct, activity, mode of action
वृत्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
महाबलाvery powerful
महाबला:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya: 'greatly strong'; Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies 'वृत्तिः' (or implied 'सा')