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
Nagtanungan sila sa isa’t isa: “Sino ang Brahmā, at sino ang Śaṅkara?” Sa gitna ng kanilang pag-uusap, si Śiva ay biglang naglaho.
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)