Shloka 5

Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

काञ्चीपुरे पवित्रे ऽस्मिन्महीमण्डलमण्डले / केयं विभाति कल्याणी कामाक्षीत्यभिविश्रुता

Transliteration

kāñcīpure pavitre 'sminmahīmaṇḍalamaṇḍale / keyaṃ vibhāti kalyāṇī kāmākṣītyabhiviśrutā

Translation

En esta Kañcīpura sagrada, en el círculo del vasto orbe terrestre, ¿quién es esa Kalyāṇī que aquí resplandece, célebre con el nombre de Kāmākṣī?

Word by Word

• kāñcī-pure: in Kāñcī city
• kāñcī-pure: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcī (प्रातिपदिक) + pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (काञ्च्याः पुरम्)

• pavitre: in the holy (place)
• pavitre: Visheshana (विशेषण to kāñcī-pure)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pavitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; agrees with kāñcī-pure

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• mahī-maṇḍala-maṇḍale: in the circle/region of the earth-sphere
• mahī-maṇḍala-maṇḍale: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—“महीमण्डलस्य मण्डले”

• kā: who?
• kā: Karta (कर्ता/subject of vibhāti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; interrogative pronoun

• iyam: this (woman/deity)
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता/subject of vibhāti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular; demonstrative pronoun

• vibhāti: shines/appears
• vibhāti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+bhā (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• kalyāṇī: the auspicious one
• kalyāṇī: Karta (कर्ता/subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• kāmākṣī: Kāmākṣī
• kāmākṣī: Karta (कर्ता/subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmākṣī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle

• abhiviśrutā: well-renowned
• abhiviśrutā: Visheshana (विशेषण to kāmākṣī/kalyāṇī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi+vi+śru (धातु)→viśruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular