Shloka 1

Cintāmaṇi-gṛha Antara-kathana (Account of the Inner Chambers of the Cintāmaṇi Palace) — Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे उत्तरभागे हयग्रीवागस्त्यसंवादे ललितोपाख्याने चिन्तामणिगृहान्तरकथनं नाम षट्त्रिंशो ऽध्यायः हयग्रीव उवाच सर्वज्ञद्यन्तरालस्योपरिष्टात्कलशोद्भव / हस्तविंशतिरुन्नम्रं चतुर्नल्वप्रविस्तरम्

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne cintāmaṇigṛhāntarakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ hayagrīva uvāca sarvajñadyantarālasyopariṣṭātkalaśodbhava / hastaviṃśatirunnamraṃ caturnalvapravistaram

Translation

Như vậy, trong Đại Purana Brahmāṇḍa, phần hậu, trong cuộc đối thoại giữa Hayagrīva và Agastya, thuộc truyện Lalitā, có chương thứ ba mươi sáu mang tên “Thuật chuyện về nội thất ngôi nhà Cintāmaṇi”. Hayagrīva nói: Hỡi Kalaśodbhava (Agastya), phía trên khoảng nội thất của Sarvajñā, cao hai mươi hắc-tha và bề ngang bốn nalva.

Word by Word

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

• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: in the Śrī Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa
• śrī-brahmāṇḍa-mahā-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound used as text-title locus

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

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

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

• cintāmaṇi-gṛha-antara-kathanaṃ: the account of the interior of the Cintāmaṇi palace
• cintāmaṇi-gṛha-antara-kathanaṃ: Karta (कर्ता/heading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintāmaṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + kathana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; chapter-title noun

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; title-marker ‘named’ (नाम-प्रयोग)

• ṣaṭ-triṃśaḥ: thirty-sixth
• ṣaṭ-triṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal sense ‘thirty-sixth’

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• 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: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarvajña-ādi-antara-alasya: of the inner enclosure/abode beginning with Sarvajña
• sarvajña-ādi-antara-alasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvajña (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (ālaya m.), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of the inner abode beginning with Sarvajña’

• upariṣṭāt: above, on the upper side
• upariṣṭāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upariṣṭāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place

• kalaśa-udbhava: O Pot-born one (Agastya)
• kalaśa-udbhava: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; address to Agastya (‘born from the pot’)

• hasta-viṃśatiḥ: twenty cubits
• hasta-viṃśatiḥ: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; measure-expression ‘twenty cubits’

• unnamram: raised/high (in height)
• unnamram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-nam (धातु) + ra (कृत् प्रत्यय) → unnamra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past participial adjective; Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agreeing with implied ‘pramāṇam/āyatam’

• catur-nalva-pravistaram: (with) an extent of four nalvas
• catur-nalva-pravistaram: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक) + nalva (प्रातिपदिक; measure-unit) + pravistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; measure-expression ‘having breadth/extent of four nalvas’