कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-15, verse-54
उच्चैर्जपोऽधमः प्रोक्त उपांशुमध्यमः स्मृतः ।
उत्तमो मानसो देवि त्रिविधः कथितो जपः ॥५४॥
उत्तमो मानसो देवि त्रिविधः कथितो जपः ॥५४॥
54. uccairjapo'dhamaḥ prokta upāṁśumadhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ ,
uttamo mānaso devi trividhaḥ kathito japaḥ.
uttamo mānaso devi trividhaḥ kathito japaḥ.
54.
uccaiḥ japaḥ adhemaḥ proktaḥ upāṃśu madhyamaḥ smṛtaḥ
uttamaḥ mānasaḥ devi trividhaḥ kathitaḥ japaḥ
uttamaḥ mānasaḥ devi trividhaḥ kathitaḥ japaḥ
54.
devi uccaiḥ japaḥ adhamaḥ proktaḥ upāṃśuḥ madhyamaḥ
smṛtaḥ uttamaḥ mānasaḥ trividhaḥ kathitaḥ japaḥ
smṛtaḥ uttamaḥ mānasaḥ trividhaḥ kathitaḥ japaḥ
54. O goddess, recitation spoken aloud is declared to be of the lowest kind, whispering is remembered as middling, and mental recitation is the highest. Thus recitation is spoken of as threefold.
Words meanings summery:
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- उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, aloud, high
- जपः (japaḥ) - recitation, whispering of prayers
- अधमः (adhamaḥ) - lowest, base, worst
- प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, stated, spoken
- उपांशु (upāṁśu) - whispering, low murmur
- मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - middling, middle, intermediate
- स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, regarded as, traditional
- उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - highest, best, excellent
- मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, pertaining to the mind
- देवि (devi) - O goddess
- त्रिविधः (trividhaḥ) - threefold, of three kinds
- कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, spoken of, described
- जपः (japaḥ) - recitation, whispering of prayers
Words meanings and morphology
उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, aloud, high
(indeclinable)
जपः (japaḥ) - recitation, whispering of prayers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of japa
japa - recitation of prayers or mantras
Root: jap (class 1)
अधमः (adhamaḥ) - lowest, base, worst
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of adhama
adhama - lowest, inferior, worst
प्रोक्तः (proktaḥ) - declared, stated, spoken
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of prokta
prokta - declared, stated, said
Past Passive Participle
pra + vac
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
उपांशु (upāṁśu) - whispering, low murmur
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of upāṃśu
upāṁśu - whispering, low tone
मध्यमः (madhyamaḥ) - middling, middle, intermediate
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of madhyama
madhyama - middle, intermediate, middling
स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - remembered, regarded as, traditional
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta
smṛta - remembered, traditionally taught
Past Passive Participle
from root smṛ
Root: smṛ (class 1)
उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - highest, best, excellent
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of uttama
uttama - highest, best, excellent
मानसः (mānasaḥ) - mental, pertaining to the mind
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mānasa
mānasa - mental, of the mind
देवि (devi) - O goddess
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of devī
devī - goddess, queen
त्रिविधः (trividhaḥ) - threefold, of three kinds
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of trividha
trividha - threefold, having three forms
Compound type : bahuvrihi (tri+vidha)
- tri – three
adjective - vidha – kind, sort, manner
adjective (masculine)
कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, spoken of, described
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita
kathita - told, narrated, described
Past Passive Participle
from root kath
Root: kath (class 10)
जपः (japaḥ) - recitation, whispering of prayers
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of japa
japa - recitation of prayers or mantras
Root: jap (class 1)