Shloka 9
Mantrarāja-sādhana Prakāra & Tripurā/Lalitā–Kāmākṣī Tattva
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
आद्या याणुतरा सा स्याच्चित्परा त्वादिकारणम् / अन्ताख्येति तथा प्रोक्ता स्वरूपात्तत्त्वचिन्तकैः
Transliteration
ādyā yāṇutarā sā syāccitparā tvādikāraṇam / antākhyeti tathā proktā svarūpāttattvacintakaiḥ
Translation
Đấng Sơ Nguyên ấy vi tế hơn cả vi trần; là Chit tối thượng, là nguyên nhân đầu tiên. Các bậc quán sát chân lý, theo tự tánh của Ngài, cũng gọi Ngài là “Antā”.
Word by Word
ādyāthe primordial (one)
ādyā:
Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootādya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; substantive adjective
yāwho/which
yā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun
aṇu-tarāmore subtle
aṇu-tarā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + tara (तद्धित/प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; comparative (तर) = ‘more subtle’
sāshe
sā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
syātwould be/is said to be
syāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormLiṅ (लिङ्, optative), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada
cit-parāsupreme consciousness
cit-parā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootcit (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: ‘supreme consciousness’ as epithet
tubut/indeed
tu:
Vākyasambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (विरोध/विशेष)
ādi-kāraṇamthe primordial cause
ādi-kāraṇam:
Pradhāna-nirdeśya (प्रधाननिर्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; here predicate nominative: ‘the first cause’
anta-ākhyā(she is) called ‘Antā’
anta-ākhyā:
Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootanta (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘named Antā’ (as a designation)
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
tathāthus/so
tathā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; adverb
proktāis declared
proktā:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: past passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate ‘is said’
sva-rūpātfrom (her) own nature
sva-rūpāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Pañcamī (5th/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana; ablative: ‘from (her) own nature/form’
tattva-cintakaiḥby the truth-contemplators
tattva-cintakaiḥ:
Karaṇa/Kartṛ (करण/कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Roottattva (प्रातिपदिक) + cintaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; instrumental: ‘by the thinkers of truth’