Shloka 2
Devanagari script
अश्वानन महाप्राज्ञ वेदवेदान्तवित्तम / श्रुतमेतन्महापुण्यं ललिताख्यानमुत्तमम्
Transliteration
aśvānana mahāprājña vedavedāntavittama / śrutametanmahāpuṇyaṃ lalitākhyānamuttamam
Translation
Ó Aśvānana (de face equina), ó grandíssimo sábio, o mais versado nos Vedas e no Vedānta; já ouvi este excelso relato de Lalitā, de imenso mérito e santidade.
Word by Word
aśva-ānanaO horse-faced one (Hayagrīva)
aśva-ānana:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
TypeNoun
Rootaśva (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; कर्मधारयः (अश्ववत् आननं यस्य)
mahā-prājñaO greatly wise one
mahā-prājña:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th), Singular; कर्मधारयः
veda-vedānta-vit-tamaO best knower of the Vedas and Vedānta
veda-vedānta-vit-tama:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + vedānta (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (धातु)→vit (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—“वेदवेदान्तयोः वित्” + तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative)
śrutamhas been heard
śrutam:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootśru (धातु)→śruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; used predicatively
etatthis
etat:
Karta (कर्ता/subject of śrutam)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
mahā-puṇyamvery meritorious
mahā-puṇyam:
Visheshana (विशेषण to etat)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; कर्मधारयः
lalitā-ākhyānamthe story of Lalitā
lalitā-ākhyānam:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण to etat)
TypeNoun
Rootlalitā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (ललितायाः आख्यानम्)
uttamamexcellent
uttamam:
Visheshana (विशेषण to ākhyānam)
TypeAdjective
Rootuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular