Shloka 23
Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
Devanagari script
चतुर्भुजात्तचक्रासिगदाशङ्खाद्युदायुधः / देवकीनन्दनः श्रीशो नन्दगोपप्रियात्मजः
Transliteration
caturbhujāttacakrāsigadāśaṅkhādyudāyudhaḥ / devakīnandanaḥ śrīśo nandagopapriyātmajaḥ
Translation
അവൻ ചതുര്ഭുജൻ; ചക്രം, ഖഡ്ഗം, ഗദ, ശംഖം മുതലായ ദിവ്യായുധങ്ങൾ ധരിച്ചവൻ; ദേവകീനന്ദനൻ, ശ്രീപതി, നന്ദഗോപന്റെ പ്രിയപുത്രൻ।
Word by Word
catur-bhujafour-armed
catur-bhuja:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक) + bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)
ātta-cakra-asi-gadā-śaṅkha-ādi-udāyudhaḥwhose raised weapons are the discus, sword, mace, conch, etc.
ātta-cakra-asi-gadā-śaṅkha-ādi-udāyudhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootātta (कृदन्त; √dā/दा + ā-; ‘taken/held’) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + asi (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय) + udāyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास—‘यस्य ... उदायुधानि’ (one whose upraised weapons are disc, sword, mace, conch, etc.)
devakī-nandanaḥson of Devakī
devakī-nandanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdevakī (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—देवक्याः नन्दनः
śrī-īśaḥLord of Śrī (Lakṣmī)
śrī-īśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—श्रियाः ईशः
nanda-gopa-priya-ātmajaḥbeloved son of Nanda (the cowherd)
nanda-gopa-priya-ātmajaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootnanda (प्रातिपदिक) + gopa (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—नन्दगोपस्य प्रियः आत्मजः (beloved son of Nanda the cowherd)