Shloka 20

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मादीनामलभ्यं यत्तल्लब्धं भाग्यतो मया / भक्तिरस्तु पदांभोजे देव्यास्तव समुज्ज्वला

Transliteration

brahmādīnāmalabhyaṃ yattallabdhaṃ bhāgyato mayā / bhaktirastu padāṃbhoje devyāstava samujjvalā

Translation

Lo que ni Brahmā ni los demás pueden obtener, yo lo he alcanzado por fortuna. Oh Diosa, que mi devoción resplandezca en el loto de tus pies.

Word by Word

• brahmādīnām: of Brahmā and others
• brahmādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; तत्पुरुष: brahma-ādi = 'Brahmā and others'

• alabhyam: unattainable
• alabhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-labhya (कृदन्त, √labh)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; gerundive (तव्यत्/यत् sense): 'not obtainable'

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; correlative

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Karta-guṇa / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labdha (कृदन्त, √labh)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; past passive participle

• bhāgyataḥ: by good fortune
• bhāgyataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), 'from/through fortune'

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Strī (common), Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्) Imperative/benedictive sense, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• padāmbhoje: in/at the lotus-feet
• padāmbhoje: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhoja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष: pada-ambhoja = 'lotus-feet'

• devyāḥ: of the Goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; 2nd person pronoun

• samujjvalā: bright; splendid
• samujjvalā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ujjvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agrees with bhaktiḥ