Shloka 8

Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās

Devanagari script

क्रमेणानेन देवर्षे मध्यमामध्यगे ऽनुजे / अनामिके तु सरले तद्बहिस्तर्जनीद्वयम्

Transliteration

krameṇānena devarṣe madhyamāmadhyage 'nuje / anāmike tu sarale tadbahistarjanīdvayam

Translation

ဒေဝရ္ရှေ၊ ဤအစဉ်အတိုင်း အလယ်လက်ချောင်းကို အလယ်၌ထား၍ လက်သန်းကို ထိုအောက်၌ထားလေ။ အနာမိကာကို တည့်တည့်ထားပြီး လက်ညှိုးနှစ်ချောင်းကို အပြင်ဘက်သို့ ထားရမည်။

Word by Word

• krameṇa: by sequence/stepwise
• krameṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronominal adjective

• devarṣe: O divine sage
• devarṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘divine sage’

• madhyamā: the middle finger
• madhyamā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• madhyage: in the middle
• madhyage: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhya-ga (गम् धातु + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: Present participial adjective (वर्तमानकृदन्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter; ‘being in the middle’

• anuje: O younger one
• anuje: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine (पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• anāmike: in the ring finger
• anāmike: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāmikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• sarale: straight/aligned
• sarale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/State)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying anāmike

• tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayam: the two index fingers (placed) outside that
• tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bahiḥ (अव्यय) + tarjanī (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘the pair of index fingers outside that’