Brahmanda Purana — Upodghata Pada, Shloka 80
ललितोपाख्याने जप-न्यास-योगप्रकरणम्
Lalitopākhyāna: Procedure of Japa, Nyāsa, and Yogic Installation
Devanagari script
ज्वलत्कालानलप्रख्या वरदाभयपाणयः / तारा न्यसेत्ततो ध्यायन्सर्वाभरणभूषिताः
Transliteration
jvalatkālānalaprakhyā varadābhayapāṇayaḥ / tārā nyasettato dhyāyansarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
Translation
ज्वलते कालाग्नि के समान तेजस्वी, वर और अभय-मुद्रा धारण करने वाली, समस्त आभूषणों से विभूषित ताराओं का न्यास करे; फिर उनका ध्यान करे।
Word by Word
jvalat-kāla-anala-prakhyāḥresembling a blazing fire of time (cosmic conflagration)
jvalat-kāla-anala-prakhyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of tārāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootjvalat (कृदन्त, √jval) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + anala (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); samāsa: kālānala-prakhyā = kālānala-sadṛśī (determinative), with jvalat as upapada/qualifier
vara-da-abhaya-pāṇayaḥhaving hands showing boon-giving and fearlessness
vara-da-abhaya-pāṇayaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of tārāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक from √dā) + abhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); samāsa: varada-abhaya-pāṇi = varadaśca abhayaṃ ca (mudrā) yasya pāṇiḥ (determinative over 'hands')
tārāḥthe Tārās (goddesses)
tārāḥ:
Karma (कर्म) of nyaset (to place/assign)
TypeNoun
Roottārā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)
nyasetshould place/assign
nyaset:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√nyas (धातु)
FormVidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Ekavacana (एकवचन); parasmaipada
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence
dhyāyanmeditating
dhyāyan:
Karta (कर्ता) (implied agent)
TypeVerb
Rootdhyāyat (कृदन्त, √dhyai)
FormVartamāna-kṛdanta (present active participle/शतृ), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agreeing with implied practitioner (saḥ)
sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitāḥadorned with all ornaments
sarva-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of tārāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣita (कृदन्त, √bhūṣ)
FormStrīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); samāsa: sarvābharaṇa-bhūṣita = sarvaiḥ ābharaṇaiḥ bhūṣitā (instrumental sense within compound)