Shloka 37
ललितोपाख्याने मन्त्रतारतम्यकथनम्
Hierarchy of Mantras in the Lalitopākhyāna
Devanagari script
देवयोनिभवाः सर्वे ऽप्यष्टलक्षजपाद्वशाः / नवलक्षेण गीर्वाणा नखिलान्वशमानयेत्
Transliteration
devayonibhavāḥ sarve 'pyaṣṭalakṣajapādvaśāḥ / navalakṣeṇa gīrvāṇā nakhilānvaśamānayet
Translation
Par huit lakhs (huit cent mille) de japa, tous ceux issus de la lignée des dieux deviennent soumis; par neuf lakhs (neuf cent mille), on amène sous l’emprise tous les Gīrvāṇa, les Devas.
Word by Word
deva-yoni-bhavāḥthose born of divine species
deva-yoni-bhavāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
sarveall
sarve:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषणम् of devayonibhavāḥ
apialso/even
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’
aṣṭa-lakṣa-japātfrom/by (the power of) japa of eight lakhs
aṣṭa-lakṣa-japāt:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootaṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + japa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)
vaśāḥsubdued / under control
vaśāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective ‘under control’
nava-lakṣeṇaby (means of) nine lakhs (of japa)
nava-lakṣeṇa:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
gīrvāṇāḥthe gods (gīrvāṇas)
gīrvāṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
akhilānall, entire
akhilān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषणम् of (implied) beings/objects
vaśaminto subjection
vaśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ānayetshould bring
ānayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootnī (धातु) with prefix ā- (उपसर्ग)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)