Shloka 1

श्रीनगर-त्रिपुरा-सप्तकक्षा-पालकदेवताप्रकाशनम्

Revelation of the Guardian Deities of Śrīnagara-Tripurā’s Seven Enclosures

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसम्वादे ललितोपाख्याने श्रीनगरत्रिपुरासप्तकक्षापालकदेवताप्रकाशन कथनं नाम द्वात्रिंशो ऽध्यायः हयग्रीव उवाच कथितं सप्तशालानां लक्षणं शिल्पिभिः कृतम् / अथ रत्नमयाः शालाः प्रकीर्त्यन्ते ऽवधारय

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasamvāde lalitopākhyāne śrīnagaratripurāsaptakakṣāpālakadevatāprakāśana kathanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ hayagrīva uvāca kathitaṃ saptaśālānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śilpibhiḥ kṛtam / atha ratnamayāḥ śālāḥ prakīrtyante 'vadhāraya

Translation

Như vậy, trong Đại Purana Brahmāṇḍa, phần Uttarabhāga, trong cuộc đối thoại giữa Hayagrīva và Agastya, thuộc truyện tích Lalitā, chương thứ ba mươi hai mang tên “Tuyên hiển các thần hộ trì bảy tầng phòng của Śrīnagara–Tripurā”. Hayagrīva nói: Tướng trạng của bảy tòa sảnh do các bậc thợ tạo tác đã được thuật xong; nay sẽ ca ngợi những tòa sảnh bằng châu báu, hãy lắng nghe và ghi nhớ.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + brahmāṇḍa + mahāpurāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; samāsa: śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahāpurāṇa (title)

• uttarabhāge: in the latter section
• uttarabhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara-bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• hayagrīva-agastya-samvāde: in the dialogue of Hayagrīva and Agastya
• hayagrīva-agastya-samvāde: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva + agastya + samvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; dvandva of interlocutors + samvāda

• lalitopākhyāne: in the Lalitā-upākhyāna (episode)
• lalitopākhyāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lalitā + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• śrī-nagara-tripura-sapta-kakṣā-pālaka-devatā-prakāśana-kathanam: the narration called ‘Revelation of the deities guarding the seven enclosures of Śrīnagara-Tripurā’
• śrī-nagara-tripura-sapta-kakṣā-pālaka-devatā-prakāśana-kathanam: Karta (कर्ता) / Nāmadheya (नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + nagara + tripurā + sapta + kakṣā + pālaka + devatā + prakāśana + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; long tatpuruṣa title-compound

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: Avyaya; naming particle (नाम-निपातः)

• dvātriṃśaḥ: thirty-second
• dvātriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvātriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal usage ‘32nd’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) / Nāmadheya (नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• hayagrīvaḥ: Hayagrīva
• hayagrīvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hayagrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• kathitam: has been described
• kathitam: Karma (कर्म) / Pradhāna-vākya-bhāva
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicative with implied ‘has been’

• sapta-śālānām: of the seven halls
• sapta-śālānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta + śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); dvigu ‘seven halls’

• lakṣaṇam: characteristic(s)
• lakṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular

• śilpibhiḥ: by the artisans
• śilpibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) / Agent-instrumental
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• kṛtam: made/composed
• kṛtam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa / Predicative
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; agrees with lakṣaṇam

• atha: now/then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse marker (अथ)

• ratnamayāḥ: gem-made
• ratnamayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ratna-maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; agrees with śālāḥ

• śālāḥ: halls
• śālāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• prakīrtyante: are being described/proclaimed
• prakīrtyante: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्, present), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); passive/impersonal sense ‘are proclaimed’

• avadhāraya: pay attention/consider
• avadhāraya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, imperative), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)