Shloka 8

Mudrā-vidhāna (Lalitopākhyāna): Āvāhanī–Saṃkṣobhiṇī–Ākarṣiṇī and allied Mudrās

Devanagari script

क्रमेणानेन देवर्षे मध्यमामध्यगे ऽनुजे / अनामिके तु सरले तद्बहिस्तर्जनीद्वयम्

Transliteration

krameṇānena devarṣe madhyamāmadhyage 'nuje / anāmike tu sarale tadbahistarjanīdvayam

Translation

اے دیورشی! اسی ترتیب سے درمیانی انگلی کے بیچ میں چھوٹی انگلی رکھو؛ انامیکا کو سیدھا رکھو اور اس کے باہر دونوں شہادت کی انگلیاں رہیں۔

Word by Word

• krameṇa: by sequence/stepwise
• krameṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronominal adjective

• devarṣe: O divine sage
• devarṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘divine sage’

• madhyamā: the middle finger
• madhyamā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhyamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• madhyage: in the middle
• madhyage: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madhya-ga (गम् धातु + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक))
• Form: Present participial adjective (वर्तमानकृदन्त), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter; ‘being in the middle’

• anuje: O younger one
• anuje: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Feminine (पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• anāmike: in the ring finger
• anāmike: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāmikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• sarale: straight/aligned
• sarale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/State)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying anāmike

• tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayam: the two index fingers (placed) outside that
• tad-bahiḥ-tarjanī-dvayam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + bahiḥ (अव्यय) + tarjanī (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: ‘the pair of index fingers outside that’