Shloka 56

Ṣoḍaśāvaraṇa-cakre Rudrāṇāṃ Nāma-sthāna-nirdeśa

Rudras in the Sixteen-Enclosure Chakra

Devanagari script

चत्वारो निलयाः प्रोक्ता मन्त्रिणीगृहविस्तराः / गीतिचक्ररथेन्द्रस्य याः पर्वाणि समाश्रिताः

Transliteration

catvāro nilayāḥ proktā mantriṇīgṛhavistarāḥ / gīticakrarathendrasya yāḥ parvāṇi samāśritāḥ

Translation

നാലു നിവാസങ്ങൾ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; അവ മന്ത്രിണിയുടെ ഗൃഹവിസ്താരത്തെപ്പോലെ ആയിരുന്നു. അവ ഗീതിചക്രരഥേന്ദ്രന്റെ പർവ്വങ്ങളെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• catvāraḥ: four
• catvāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective (संख्यावाचक)

• nilayāḥ: abodes
• nilayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• proktāḥ: are said/declared
• proktāḥ: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया; कर्मणि-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prokta (√vac धातु; क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); upasarga—pra-

• mantriṇī-gṛha-vistarāḥ: (as) the complexes/expanses of the ministeress’s houses
• mantriṇī-gṛha-vistarāḥ: Apposition (समानाधिकरण/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantriṇī + gṛha + vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः—मन्त्रिणीगृह (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘of the ministeress’ ) + विस्तार (तत्पुरुष: ‘extent/complex’)

• gīti-cakra-ratha-indrasya: of (the lord named) Gīticakrarathendra
• gīti-cakra-ratha-indrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīti + cakra + ratha + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-समासः—गीतिचक्ररथेन्द्र (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: ‘lord of the chariot with song and wheel’)

• yāḥ: which (those)
• yāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); relative pronoun (सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम)

• parvāṇi: stages/sections
• parvāṇi: Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• samāśritāḥ: have occupied/are situated in
• samāśritāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: samāśrita (सम्-आ-√śri धातु; क्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘having resorted to/occupied’