Shloka 49
Śrī Kāmākṣī–Mahātripurasundarī: Immanence of Śakti and Cosmic Administration
Lalitopākhyāna
Devanagari script
अन्योन्यं पृष्टवन्तस्ते ब्रह्मा कः कश्चशङ्करः / तेषां संवदतां मध्ये क्षिप्रमन्तर्हितः शिवः
Transliteration
anyonyaṃ pṛṣṭavantaste brahmā kaḥ kaścaśaṅkaraḥ / teṣāṃ saṃvadatāṃ madhye kṣipramantarhitaḥ śivaḥ
Translation
ਉਹ ਆਪਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੁੱਛਣ ਲੱਗੇ—‘ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਕੌਣ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ੰਕਰ ਕੌਣ?’ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲਬਾਤ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਹੀ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਅੰਤਰਧਾਨ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ।
Word by Word
anyonyaṃeach other (mutually)
anyonyaṃ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanyonya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); adverbial accusative ‘mutually/each other’
pṛṣṭavantaḥhaving asked
pṛṣṭavantaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√ś (धातु: प्रच्छ्) → pṛṣṭa + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast active participle with -वत् (क्तवत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural (बहुवचन)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
kaḥwho?
kaḥ:
Prashna (प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun (प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
kaḥwho?
kaḥ:
Prashna (प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun (प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (निपात)
śaṅkaraḥŚaṅkara (Śiva)
śaṅkaraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन)
saṃvadatāmwhile (they) were conversing
saṃvadatām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sati (षष्ठी-सति) / Kāla (काल)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√vad (धातु: वद्)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive (षष्ठी) Plural (बहुवचन); ‘while they were conversing’
madhyein the midst
madhye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन)
kṣipramquickly
kṣipram:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkṣipram (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (शीघ्रार्थक-अव्यय)
antarhitaḥdisappeared/hidden
antarhitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया) / Bhāva (भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootantar√dhā (धातु: धा) → antarhita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
śivaḥŚiva
śivaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)