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

八十万回のジャパにより、天の種族に生まれた者は皆従う。九十万回により、ギールヴァーナ（諸天）を余すところなく服従へ導く。

Word by Word

• deva-yoni-bhavāḥ: those born of divine species
• deva-yoni-bhavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषणम् of devayonibhavāḥ

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/even’

• aṣṭa-lakṣa-japāt: from/by (the power of) japa of eight lakhs
• aṣṭa-lakṣa-japāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + japa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• vaśāḥ: subdued / under control
• vaśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective ‘under control’

• nava-lakṣeṇa: by (means of) nine lakhs (of japa)
• nava-lakṣeṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• gīrvāṇāḥ: the gods (gīrvāṇas)
• gīrvāṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīrvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• akhilān: all, entire
• akhilān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); विशेषणम् of (implied) beings/objects

• vaśam: into subjection
• vaśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ānayet: should bring
• ānayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु) with prefix ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)