ज्ञानार्णव-तन्त्रम्
jñānārṇava-tantram
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chapter-2, verse-10
वक्त्रकोटिसहस्रैस्तु जिह्वाकोटिशतैरपि ।
वणीतुं नैव शक्येयं विद्येयं त्र्यक्षरी परा ॥१०॥
वणीतुं नैव शक्येयं विद्येयं त्र्यक्षरी परा ॥१०॥
10. vaktrakoṭisahasraistu jihvākoṭiśatairapi ,
vaṇītuṁ naiva śakyeyaṁ vidyeyaṁ tryakṣarī parā.
vaṇītuṁ naiva śakyeyaṁ vidyeyaṁ tryakṣarī parā.
10.
vaktrakoṭisahasrais tu jihvākoṭiśatair api varṇituṃ
na eva śakya iyaṃ vidyā iyaṃ tryakṣarī parā
na eva śakya iyaṃ vidyā iyaṃ tryakṣarī parā
10.
tu vaktrakoṭisahasraiḥ jihvākoṭiśataiḥ api iyaṃ
parā tryakṣarī vidyā varṇituṃ na eva śakyā
parā tryakṣarī vidyā varṇituṃ na eva śakyā
10. Even with thousands of millions of mouths and hundreds of millions of tongues, this supreme three-syllable vidyā cannot possibly be described.
Words meanings summery:
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- वक्त्रकोटिसहस्रैः (vaktrakoṭisahasraiḥ) - with millions and thousands of mouths
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- जिह्वाकोटिशतैः (jihvākoṭiśataiḥ) - with hundreds of millions of tongues
- अपि (api) - even, also
- वर्णितुं (varṇituṁ) - to describe, to depict, to pronounce
- न (na) - not
- एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, exactly
- शक्या (śakyā) - possible, capable
- इयम् (iyam) - this
- विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, mantra, vidyā
- इयम् (iyam) - this
- त्र्यक्षरी (tryakṣarī) - consisting of three syllables
- परा (parā) - supreme, transcendent, highest
Words meanings and morphology
वक्त्रकोटिसहस्रैः (vaktrakoṭisahasraiḥ) - with millions and thousands of mouths
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of vaktrakoṭisahasra
vaktrakoṭisahasra - thousands of millions of mouths
vaktra + koṭi + sahasra
Compound type : tatpurusha (vaktra+koṭi+sahasra)
- vaktra – mouth, face
noun (neuter) - koṭi – crore, ten million, highest point
noun (feminine) - sahasra – thousand
noun (neuter)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
जिह्वाकोटिशतैः (jihvākoṭiśataiḥ) - with hundreds of millions of tongues
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of jihvākoṭiśata
jihvākoṭiśata - hundreds of millions of tongues
jihvā + koṭi + śata
Compound type : tatpurusha (jihvā+koṭi+śata)
- jihvā – tongue
noun (feminine) - koṭi – crore, ten million
noun (feminine) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
वर्णितुं (varṇituṁ) - to describe, to depict, to pronounce
(verb)
Infinitive
varṇ + tumun
Root: varṇ (class 10)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, exactly
(indeclinable)
शक्या (śakyā) - possible, capable
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śakya
śakya - possible, feasible
Gerundive
śak + ya
Root: śak (class 5)
इयम् (iyam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this
विद्या (vidyā) - knowledge, mantra, vidyā
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyā
vidyā - knowledge, learning, sacred formula
Root: vid (class 2)
इयम् (iyam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this
त्र्यक्षरी (tryakṣarī) - consisting of three syllables
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tryakṣara
tryakṣara - having three syllables
tri + akṣara
Compound type : bahuvrihi (tri+akṣara)
- tri – three
adjective (masculine) - akṣara – syllable, imperishable
noun (neuter)
परा (parā) - supreme, transcendent, highest
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of para
para - other, supreme, higher