लडीरितो वर्तमाने भूते ऽनद्यतने तथा
The tense 'laṭ' is used for the present, and for the past not of the current day as well.
विध्यादौ स्यादाशिषि च लिङितो द्विविधो मुने
The optative and similar moods, as well as the benedictive, are twofold, O sage.
स्यादनद्यतने ऌटू च भविष्यति तु धातुतः
The tense 'ḷṭ' is used for the future, except when the verb root itself indicates futurity.
सिद्धोदाहरणं विद्धि संहितादिपुरः सरम्
Understand that the perfect tense is illustrated by examples, beginning with the Samhita and others.
होतॄकारस्तथा सेयं लाङ्गलीषा मनीषया
The forms 'hotṛ', 'kāra', and likewise 'seyaṃ', 'lāṅgalī', and 'ṣā', are established by tradition.
शीतार्तश्च मुनिश्रेष्ठ सेंद्रः सौकार इत्यपि
O best of sages, 'śītārta', 'seṃdra', and 'saukāra' are also such forms.
त आद्या विष्णवे ह्यत्र तस्मा अर्घो गुरा अधः
These initial forms are for Viṣṇu here; therefore, the offering is placed below the teacher.
शौरी एतौ विष्णु इमौ दुर्गे अमू नो अर्जुनः
'Śaurī' and 'etau' refer to Viṣṇu; 'imau' to Durgā; 'amū' to us; 'arjunaḥ' likewise.
षडत्र षण्मातरश्च वाक्छुरो वाग्धस्रिथा
'Ṣaḍ' here means six; 'ṣaṇmātaraḥ' are the six mothers; 'vākchura' and 'vāgdhasrithā' are also such words.
प्रश्नस्त्वथ हरिःषष्ठः कृष्णष्टीकत इत्यपि
Now, 'praśna' is the sixth form of Hari; 'kṛṣṇaṣṭīka' is also such a term.
चक्रिंश्छिन्धि भवाञ्छौरिर्भवाञ्शौरिरित्यपि
You are the wielder of the discus; you are the thief; you are also the mighty one.
तेजांसि मंस्यते गङ्गा हरिश्छेत्ता मरःशिवः
She considers the energies to be the Ganges; if Hari cuts, it is death; if Shiva, it is destruction.
रोमो दृष्टो ऽबला अत्र सुप्ता इष्टा इमा यतः
The hair is seen; here the weak are asleep; these are desired, because of that.
एष शार्ङ्गी सैष रामः संहितैवं प्रकीर्तिता
This one is the wielder of the Śārṅga bow; this is Rāma; thus the collection is proclaimed.
रामे रञ्जत् मे मनः सुविशदं हे राम तुभ्यं नमः
My mind delights in Rāma, clear and pure; O Rāma, I bow to you.
सर्व इत्यादिका गोपाः सखा चैव पतिर्हरिः
All, beginning with the cowherds, are friends; and Hari is the husband.
अनङ्घान्गोधुग्लिट् च द्वे त्रयश्चत्वार एव च
Without fault, with limbs of a cow, and two, three, four as well.
अष्टौ अयं मुने सम्राट् सविभ्रद्वपुङ्मनः
Eight, O sage, is this emperor, with a restless form and mind.
उशनासाविंमे पुंसि स्यारक्तलविरामकाः
Uśanas and Āvi are in the man; they are red, with the mark of cessation.
गौर्नौंरुपान् दूद्यौर्गोः क्षुत् ककुप्संवित्तु वा क्वचित्
The cow, the boat, the forms, the milk, the hunger, the sky, and sometimes the knowledge.
ग्रामण्यंबुरवलप्वेवं कर्तृ चातिरि वातिनु
The leader, the water, the speech, thus the agent, and also the excess, and the wind.
एतद्ब्रह्माहश्च दण्डी असृक्किञ्चित्त्यदादि च
This is Brahmā, and the staff-bearer, and the blood, and the little, and the beginning.
तिर्यग्यकृच्छकृच्चैव ददद्भवत्पचत्तुदत्
Moving sideways, difficult, and also giving; becoming, eating, and striking.
गुणद्रव्य क्रियायोगांस्रिलिङ्गांश्च कति ब्रुवे
I declare how many qualities, substances, actions, unions, and genders there are.
पटुः स्वयंभूः कर्ता च माता चैव व पिता च ना
The skilled one, the self-born, the doer, and the mother, but not the father.
धनाकृसोमौ चागर्हस्तविर्ग्रथास्वर्णन्बहू
Wealth, the moon, and the hand of the cow; the chariot, the gold, and many others.
रिमपव्विषाद्वजातानहो तथा सर्वं विश्वोभये चोभौ अन्यान्तरेतराणि च
Born from the rim, the poison, the vajra, the snake; thus, all, the universe, both, and the mutual others.
पूर्वोत्तरोत्तराश्चैव दक्षिणश्चोत्तराधरौ
The former, the latter, and also the southern, the upper, and the lower.
युष्मदस्मञ्च प्रथमश्चरमोल्पस्तथार्धकः
The first, the last, the lesser, and the half, concerning you and us.
स्वेकाभुविरोधपरि विपर्ययश्चाव्ययास्तथा
Likewise, the opposition of one’s own and another, reversal, and the imperishable.