Shloka 32

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

।। सुकुमारी च देवर्षि वानरप्रतिमाननम्‌

Transliteration

sukumārī ca devarṣi vānara-pratimānanam

Translation

হে দেবর্ষি! সেই সুকুমারী কোমল ছিল, আর তার মুখ বানরসদৃশ প্রতীয়মান হল॥

Word by Word

• सुकुमारी: very delicate/soft (woman)
• सुकुमारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवर्षि: O divine sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वानर-प्रतिम-आननम्: a face resembling a monkey
• वानर-प्रतिम-आननम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa
• Devarṣi (divine seer, addressed)
• a delicate woman (unnamed in this pāda)
• Vānara (monkey/ape as a point of comparison)