Shloka 12
भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
Devanagari script
तदत्र मूलच्छेदाय तस्या यत्नो विधीयताम् / मया चारमुखाज्ज्ञाता तस्या वृत्तिर्महाबला
Transliteration
tadatra mūlacchedāya tasyā yatno vidhīyatām / mayā cāramukhājjñātā tasyā vṛttirmahābalā
Translation
ฉะนั้นจงพยายามตัดรากเหง้าของนางเสีย ณ ที่นี้; ข้าได้ทราบจากปากสายลับว่า ความเคลื่อนไหวและกำลังของนางนั้นยิ่งใหญ่นัก.
Word by Word
तत्therefore/that
तत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; used discourse-deictically ('therefore/that')
अत्रhere, in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
FormAdverb of place (देशवाचक-अव्यय)
मूल-च्छेदायfor cutting at the root
मूल-च्छेदाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/for-purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक) + छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa: 'for root-cutting'; Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; purpose dative
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
यत्नःeffort
यत्नः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
विधीयताम्let (it) be undertaken/arranged
विधीयताम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि+धा (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्/Loṭ), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada/passive-style: 'let it be done/arranged'
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण/agent-instrument in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
चार-मुखात्from a spy's mouth
चार-मुखात्:
Apadana (अपादान/source)
TypeNoun
Rootचार (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa: 'from the mouth of a spy/informer'; Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular
ज्ञाताknown, ascertained
ज्ञाता:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात (कृदन्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त); Feminine, Nominative, Singular; predicate agreeing with 'वृत्तिः' (understood as 'known')
तस्याःof her
तस्याः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
वृत्तिःconduct, activity, mode of action
वृत्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
महाबलाvery powerful
महाबला:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya: 'greatly strong'; Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies 'वृत्तिः' (or implied 'सा')