Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भिद्यमानस्ततो गर्भो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा।रुरोद सुस्वरं राम ततो दितिरबुध्यत।।1.46.19।।

Transliteration

bhidyamānas tato garbho vajreṇa śataparvaṇā | ruroda susvaraṃ rāma tato ditir abudhyata || 1.46.19 ||

Translation

হে রাম, শতপর্ব বজ্রে বিদীর্ণ হতে হতে গর্ভ উচ্চস্বরে কেঁদে উঠল; তখন দিতি জেগে উঠলেন।

Word by Word

• भिद्यमानः: being split
• भिद्यमानः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिद् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच्/यमान-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying 'गर्भः'

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/कालवाचक

• गर्भः: the embryo
• गर्भः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• वज्रेण: by the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• शत-पर्वणा: hundred-edged
• शत-पर्वणा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत (संख्या) + पर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (द्विगु-प्राय) समास; तृतीया एकवचन, पुं/नपुंस?; here instrumental agreeing with 'वज्रेण' = 'with the hundred-edged'

• रुरोद: cried
• रुरोद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुस्वरम्: in a loud/clear voice
• सुस्वरम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्राय प्रयोग; here as क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/कालवाचक

• दितिः: Diti
• दितिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• अबुध्यत: awoke
• अबुध्यत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Context

O Rama! that embryo, being severed by Vajra having a hundred edges, cried at high pitch which awakened Diti".

Characters & Entities

• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• Indra
• Diti

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

It foregrounds the reality of suffering caused by violence; dharmic reflection begins with recognizing the pain inflicted on the vulnerable.

What is the narrative situation?

The unborn child cries while being cut, and the mother (Diti) wakes up to the calamity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The verse evokes compassion (dayā) in the listener by emphasizing the cry of the embryo.