Shloka 15

अङ्गददूतवाक्यं लङ्काप्राकारभेदनं च

Angada’s Embassy and the Breach of Laṅkā’s Ramparts

Devanagari script

नैव प्राज्ञा गतश्रीकं भर्तारमुपयुञ्जते । युञ्जानमनुयुञ्जीत न श्रिय: संक्षये वसेत्‌

Transliteration

naiva prājñā gataśrīkaṃ bhartāram upayuñjate | yuñjānam anuyuñjīta na śriyaḥ saṃkṣaye vaset ||

Translation

قال جايادراثا: «المرأة العاقلة لا تتعلّق بزوجٍ فارقته النعمة. بل تلتحق بمن يسعى ويجتهد؛ ولا تقيم حيثُ تتناقص الثروة وتذوي».

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्राज्ञा: a wise woman
• प्राज्ञा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतश्रीकम्: one whose prosperity has gone (fallen from fortune)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतश्रीक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपयुञ्जते: associates with/attends upon/accepts
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-युज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• युञ्जानम्: one who is striving/engaged (in effort)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुयुञ्जीत: should follow/should join/should support
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-युज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• श्रियः: of fortune/prosperity
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• संक्षये: in decline/in loss
• संक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

जयद्रथ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jayadratha
• bhartā (husband)
• Śrī (prosperity/fortune)