Shloka 20

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मादीनामलभ्यं यत्तल्लब्धं भाग्यतो मया / भक्तिरस्तु पदांभोजे देव्यास्तव समुज्ज्वला

Transliteration

brahmādīnāmalabhyaṃ yattallabdhaṃ bhāgyato mayā / bhaktirastu padāṃbhoje devyāstava samujjvalā

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മാദികൾക്കും ദുർലഭമായതു ഭാഗ്യവശാൽ എനിക്ക് ലഭിച്ചു. ദേവീ, നിന്റെ പാദാംബുജങ്ങളിൽ എന്റെ ഭക്തി ദീപ്തമായി നിലനിൽക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• brahmādīnām: of Brahmā and others
• brahmādīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Bahuvacana; तत्पुरुष: brahma-ādi = 'Brahmā and others'

• alabhyam: unattainable
• alabhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-labhya (कृदन्त, √labh)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; gerundive (तव्यत्/यत् sense): 'not obtainable'

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; correlative

• labdham: obtained
• labdham: Karta-guṇa / Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: labdha (कृदन्त, √labh)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; past passive participle

• bhāgyataḥ: by good fortune
• bhāgyataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-प्रत्यय), 'from/through fortune'

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃ/Strī (common), Tṛtīyā (3rd), Ekavacana

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्) Imperative/benedictive sense, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• padāmbhoje: in/at the lotus-feet
• padāmbhoje: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhoja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष: pada-ambhoja = 'lotus-feet'

• devyāḥ: of the Goddess
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī (6th), Ekavacana; 2nd person pronoun

• samujjvalā: bright; splendid
• samujjvalā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ujjvala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agrees with bhaktiḥ