Shloka 36

ललितोपाख्याने मन्त्रतारतम्यकथनम्

Hierarchy of Mantras in the Lalitopākhyāna

Devanagari script

भूलोकसुन्दरीवर्गो वश्यःषड्लक्षजापतः / क्षुभ्यन्ति सप्त लक्षेण स्वर्गलोकमृगीदृशः

Transliteration

bhūlokasundarīvargo vaśyaḥṣaḍlakṣajāpataḥ / kṣubhyanti sapta lakṣeṇa svargalokamṛgīdṛśaḥ

Translation

Con seis lakhs (seiscientas mil) de japa, el conjunto de beldades de Bhūloka queda sometido; con siete lakhs (setecientas mil), se estremecen las de ojos de gacela del Svargaloka.

Word by Word

• bhū-loka-sundarī-vargaḥ: the group of beauties of the earth-world
• bhū-loka-sundarī-vargaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaśyaḥ: subduable / comes under control
• vaśyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective of vargaḥ

• ṣaṭ-lakṣa-jāpataḥ: by/through (the effect of) japa of six lakhs
• ṣaṭ-lakṣa-jāpataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + jāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘-taḥ’ = ablative ‘from/by reason of’

• kṣubhyanti: are agitated
• kṣubhyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣubh (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Indeclinable numeral used adjectivally (अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः); qualifies lakṣeṇa

• lakṣeṇa: by (the count of) a lakh (i.e., with seven lakhs)
• lakṣeṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• svarga-loka-mṛgī-dṛśaḥ: heavenly women with doe-like eyes
• svarga-loka-mṛgī-dṛśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛgī (प्रातिपदिक) + dṛś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); बहुव्रीहिः ‘those whose eyes are like a doe’; svarga-loka qualifies the group