Shloka 57
Agastya’s Instruction on Bhakti and Mantra-Siddhi; Descent to Pātāla and the Hearing of Vaiṣṇavī Kathā
Devanagari script
इदं राम महाभाग स्तोत्रं परमदुर्लभम् / श्रुतं साक्षाद्भगवतः शेषात्कथयतः कथाः
Transliteration
idaṃ rāma mahābhāga stotraṃ paramadurlabham / śrutaṃ sākṣādbhagavataḥ śeṣātkathayataḥ kathāḥ
Translation
اے مہابھاگ رام! یہ ستوتر نہایت ہی نایاب ہے؛ میں نے اسے خود ساکشات بھگوان شیش سے، جب وہ کتھائیں بیان کر رہے تھے، براہِ راست سنا ہے۔
Word by Word
idamthis
idam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (demonstrative pronoun), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; with stotram
rāmaO Rāma
rāma:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana
mahā-bhāgaO greatly fortunate one
mahā-bhāga:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: mahān bhāgaḥ yasya (greatly fortunate)
stotramhymn
stotram:
Karma/Pradhāna (कर्म/प्रधान)
TypeNoun
Rootstotra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana
parama-durlabhamsupremely rare
parama-durlabham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootparama (प्रातिपदिक) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana agreeing with stotram; karmadhāraya: paramaṃ durlabham (extremely rare)
śrutamwas heard
śrutam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
FormKta (past passive participle), Napuṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; predicate with stotram → 'was heard'
sākṣātdirectly
sākṣāt:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsākṣāt (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb (प्रत्यक्षार्थक) 'directly/in person'
bhagavataḥof the Lord
bhagavataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive), Ekavacana
śeṣātfrom Śeṣa
śeṣāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Pañcamī vibhakti (ablative, 5th), Ekavacana
kathayataḥwhile narrating / of the narrator
kathayataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootkathaya (धातु, denominative from kathā)
FormŚatṛ-pratyaya (present active participle), Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (genitive), Ekavacana; 'of (him) narrating'
kathāḥstories
kathāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkathā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā (accusative), Bahuvacana