Śiva-mahimna-stotra verse 2

By Abhishek Singh @abhiart

॥ ॐ वक्रतुण्डाय  नमः ॥

शिवमहिम्नः  स्तोत्रम् verse 2

अतीतः पन्थानं तव च महिमा वाङ्मनसयोः

अतद्व्यावृत्त्या यं चकितमभिधत्ते श्रुतिरपि ।

स कस्य स्तोतव्यः कतिविधगुणः कस्य विषयः

पदे त्वर्वाचीने पतति न मनः कस्य न वचः ॥

पदच्छेदः – अतीतः, पन्थानम्, तव, च, महिमा, वाङ्मनसयोः, अतद्व्यावृत्त्या, यम्, चकितम्, अभिधत्ते, श्रुतिः, अपि, सः, कस्य, विषयः, पदे, तु, अर्वाचीने, पतति, न, मनः, कस्य, न, वचः ।

अन्वयः –  तव महिमा वाङ्मनसयोः पन्थानम् अतीतः (अस्ति) । यम्  श्रुतिः अपि चकितम् अतद्व्यावृत्त्या अभिद्धत्ते, सः (महिमा) कस्य स्तोतव्यः? कतिविधगुणः (सः) कस्य विषयः (भवेत्)? अर्वाचीने पदे तु कस्य मनः वचः च न पतति? 

English translation:

Your greatness goes beyond the path of the mind and speech. By whom can [that greatness] be praised, which even the Veda speaks of tremblingly, praising it by the distinction 'it is not that'? The object of whose senses [could it be, that greatness] which has so many types of qualities? Whose mind and speech don't fall at [your] later [saguṇa] form*? 

Word by word translation

तव - your; gen, sing, posess pron
महिमा - greatness, majesty; masc, nom, sing (mahiman)
वाङ्मनसयोः - of the mind and voice; gen, dual, DV (vāk, manas)
पन्थानम् - path; masc, acc, sing (pathin)
अतीतः - exceeded, left behind; masc, nom, adj, pp (ati√i 2P)
यम् - that which; masc, acc, sing; rel pron 
श्रुतिः - Veda; fem, nom, sing
अपि - also; conj
चकितम् - tremblingly, with great alarm; adv 
अतद्व्यावृत्त्या - by means of the distinction 'not that'; fem, inst, sing, KD cpd (atad-vyāvṛtti is analogous to neti, neti via @SNChd)
अभिद्धत्ते - explains, speaks of; 3rd, sing, pres, (abhi√dhā 3Ā)
सः that; masc, nom, sing, dem pron
कस्य - of whom, for whom; masc, gen, sing, interr pron 
स्तोतव्यः - to be praised, could be praised; masc, nom, sing, gerundive; (√stu 2P) 
कतिविधगुणः - how many kinds of qualities; masc, nom, sing, BV cpd
कस्य - of whom, for whom; masc, gen, sing, interr pron
विषयः - object (of the senses), content (of mind); masc, nom, sing  
अर्वाचीने - recent, subsequent, modern; neut, loc, sing, adj (*opp of prācīna; while prācīna is considered the nirguṇa form of the Lord, arvācīna refers to the saguṇa form. Thanks to @Vinayakrajat and @SNChd for the relevant information)
पदे - position, rank, status; neut, loc, sing
तु - indeed, but, and; indec 
कस्य - of whom, for whom; masc, gen, sing, interr pron 
मनः - mind, heart; neut, nom, sing
वचः - speech, voice, word; neut, nom, sing
च - and; conj
न - [does] not; neg part
पतति - fall down at [with pada and caraṇa]; 3rd, sing, pres, (√pat 1P)
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Meter:  Śikhariṇī (शिखरिणी): Śikhariṇī is a sama-vṛtta. It contains 4 pādas of 17 syllables, each of which has the pattern LGGGGG–LLLLLGG—LLLG (लघु/गुरु) :

atītaḥ panthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāṅmanasayoḥ 
atadvyāvṛttyā yaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi
sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ 
pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ 


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