Shloka 3

जामदग्न्यस्य विलापः, प्रतिज्ञा, क्षत्रिय-निग्रहः, दानयज्ञश्च

Jāmadagnya Rāma’s Lament, Vow, Kṣatriya Suppression, and Gifts

Devanagari script

कि नु तैर्न कृतं पापं यैर्भवांस्तपसि स्थित: । अयुध्यमानो वृद्ध: सन्‌ हतः शरशतै: शितै:,आप तपस्यामें संलग्न, युद्धसे विरत और वृद्ध थे तो भी जिन्होंने सैकड़ों तीखे बाणोंद्वारा आपकी हत्या की है, उन्होंने कौन-सा पाप नहीं किया?

Transliteration

ki nu tair na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yair bhavāṃs tapasi sthitaḥ | ayudhyamāno vṛddhaḥ san hataḥ śaraśataiḥ śitaiḥ ||

Translation

আপুনি তপস্যাত লীন, যুদ্ধৰ পৰা বিৰত আৰু বৃদ্ধ আছিল; তথাপি যিসকলে শত শত তীক্ষ্ণ বাণেৰে আপোনাক হত্যা কৰিলে—তেওঁলোকে কোন পাপ নকৰিলে?

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

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

• कृतम्: done/committed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• पापम्: sin/evil
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त (past active participle usage), masculine, nominative, singular

• अयुध्यमानः: not fighting
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: शानच् (present participle, parasmaipada), अ- (negation), masculine, nominative, singular

• वृद्धः: old/aged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सन्: being
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: शतृ (present participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हतः: killed/slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• शरशतैः: by hundreds of arrows
• शरशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरशत
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

• शितैः: sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• bhavān (honorific addressee)
• tapas (austerity)
• śara (arrows)