Shloka 18

महादेव्याः आविर्भाव-रूपान्तर-विहारवर्णनम्

Manifestation, Forms, and Divine Play of the Mahādevī

Devanagari script

तछ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्याः सो ऽपृच्छन्माल्यमुत्तमम् / पृष्टमात्रेण सा तुष्टा ददौ तस्मै महात्मने

Transliteration

tachrutvā vacanaṃ tasyāḥ so 'pṛcchanmālyamuttamam / pṛṣṭamātreṇa sā tuṣṭā dadau tasmai mahātmane

Translation

Nghe lời nàng, chàng xin một vòng hoa thượng hạng. Chỉ vừa hỏi thôi, nàng đã hoan hỷ và trao cho vị đại nhân ấy.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), having heard

• vacanam: speech; words
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana

• apṛcchat: asked
• apṛcchat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ (लङ्) Imperfect/Past, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• mālyam: garland
• mālyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana

• uttamam: excellent; best
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; agrees with mālyam

• pṛṣṭa-mātreṇa: by mere asking
• pṛṣṭa-mātreṇa: Hetu/Nimitta (हेतु/निमित्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, √prach) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Ekavacana; तत्पुरुष: pṛṣṭa-mātra = 'mere asking'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta-guṇa (कर्तृगुण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त, √tuṣ)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; past passive participle used adjectivally

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्) Perfect, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana

• mahātmane: to the great-souled one
• mahātmane: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (4th), Ekavacana; कर्मधारय: mahā + ātman = 'great-souled'