Shloka 1

Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने मन्त्रराजसाधनप्रकारकथनन्नामाष्टत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः अगस्त्य उवाच अनाद्यनन्तमव्यक्तं व्यक्तानामादिकारणम् / आनन्दबोधैकरसं तन्महन्मन्महे महः

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne mantrarājasādhanaprakārakathanannāmāṣṭatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ agastya uvāca anādyanantamavyaktaṃ vyaktānāmādikāraṇam / ānandabodhaikarasaṃ tanmahanmanmahe mahaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, dans le Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, dans l’Uttarabhāga, au dialogue de Hayagrīva et d’Agastya, dans le récit de Lalitā, le trente-huitième chapitre, nommé « Exposé des méthodes de sādhana du Mantrarāja ». Agastya dit : Nous rendons hommage à cette Grande Lumière — sans commencement ni fin, non manifestée ; cause première de tout ce qui se manifeste ; saveur unique de béatitude et de connaissance éveillée.

Word by Word

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

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रीब्रह्माण्डं महापुराणम्)

• uttara-bhāge: in the latter section
• uttara-bhāge: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (उत्तरः भागः)

• hayagrīva-agastya-saṃvāde: in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya
• hayagrīva-agastya-saṃvāde: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva (प्रातिपदिक) + agastya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (हयग्रीवागस्त्ययोः संवादः)

• lalitā-upākhyāne: in the Lalitā narrative
• lalitā-upākhyāne: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (ललितायाः उपाख्यानम्)

• mantra-rāja-sādhana-prakāra-kathana-nāma: named “the description of the methods of mantra-king practice”
• mantra-rāja-sādhana-prakāra-kathana-nāma: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival to adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक) + sādhana (प्रातिपदिक) + prakāra (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः—“मन्त्रराजस्य साधनप्रकारकथनम्” इति नाम यस्य (अध्यायस्य)

• aṣṭā-triṃśaḥ: thirty-eighth
• aṣṭā-triṃśaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival to adhyāyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; द्विगुसमासः (अष्टात्रिंशत् = 38th)

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• agastyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• anādi-anantam-avyaktam: the beginningless, endless, unmanifest (one)
• anādi-anantam-avyaktam: Karma (कर्म/object of manmahe)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anādi (प्रातिपदिक) + ananta (प्रातिपदिक) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्मधारयः (अनादि च अनन्तं च अव्यक्तं च)

• vyaktānām: of the manifested (entities)
• vyaktānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ādi-kāraṇam: the primal cause
• ādi-kāraṇam: Karma (कर्म/object of manmahe)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (आदिः कारणम्)

• ānanda-bodha-eka-rasam: whose essence is one—bliss and consciousness
• ānanda-bodha-eka-rasam: Karma (कर्म/object of manmahe)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक) + bodha (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः—“आनन्दबोधः एव एकः रसः यस्य”

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म/object of manmahe)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; demonstrative pronoun (तद्)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (विशेषण to tat)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• manmahe: we worship
• manmahe: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahaḥ: the great light/splendour
• mahaḥ: Karma (कर्म/object of manmahe)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular