Shloka 85

भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा

Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā

Devanagari script

रे रे तिष्ठत पापिष्ठा मायानिष्ठाश्छिनद्मि वः / अन्धकारमनुप्राप्य कूटयुद्धपरायणाः

Transliteration

re re tiṣṭhata pāpiṣṭhā māyāniṣṭhāśchinadmi vaḥ / andhakāramanuprāpya kūṭayuddhaparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

«Hé, hé ! Arrêtez-vous, ô les plus pécheurs, attachés à la māyā : je vous trancherai ! Vous qui gagnez les ténèbres et vous vouez à la guerre trompeuse.»

Word by Word

• re: hey!
• re: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: re (अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle/interjection (सम्बोधन-निपात)

• re: hey!
• re: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: re (अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle/interjection (सम्बोधन-निपात)

• tiṣṭhata: stand still!
• tiṣṭhata: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person, Plural; Parasmaipada

• pāpiṣṭhāḥ: O most sinful ones
• pāpiṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; superlative (इष्ठ)

• māyā-niṣṭhāḥ: O illusion-addicted ones
• māyā-niṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural; addressing those devoted to illusion

• chinadmi: I cut down / I slay
• chinadmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st person, Singular; Parasmaipada

• vaḥ: you (all)
• vaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Ablative plural enclitic; here Accusative sense as object is also possible in usage, but standard is Genitive plural (षष्ठी) 'of you'

• andhakāram: darkness
• andhakāram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• anuprāpya: having reached / having entered
• anuprāpya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable

• kūṭa-yuddha-parāyaṇāḥ: those devoted to deceitful fighting
• kūṭa-yuddha-parāyaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + yuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; predicate/apposition to addressed persons