Shloka 13

ताराशोकविनोदनम्

Consolation of Tara and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

अङ्गदप्रतिरूपाणां पुत्राणामेकतश्शतम्।हतस्याप्यस्य वीरस्य गात्रसंश्लेषणं वरम्।।

Transliteration

aṅgada-pratirūpāṇāṃ putrāṇām ekataḥ śatam | hatasyāpy asya vīrasya gātra-saṃśleṣaṇaṃ varam ||

Translation

Selbst hundert Söhne, Angada gleich an Gestalt, alle zusammen, kommen dem nicht gleich: besser ist es, den Leib dieses Helden zu umschlingen, selbst wenn er erschlagen ist.

Word by Word

• अङ्गद-प्रतिरूपाणाम्: of those resembling Angada
• अङ्गद-प्रतिरूपाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रतिरूप) — 'of the look-alikes/prototypes of Aṅgada'

• पुत्राणाम्: of sons
• पुत्राणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• एकतः: on one side / even on one side
• एकतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense as adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• हतस्य: of the slain
• हतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — concessive 'even'

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वीरस्य: of the hero/warrior
• वीरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• गात्र-संश्लेषणम्: embrace/union of the limbs (body-embrace)
• गात्र-संश्लेषणम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्लेषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gātrāṇāṃ saṃśleṣaṇam)

• वरम्: better
• वरम्: Pradhana-kriya-puraka (विधेय/Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Context

'On departing from this mortal world an embodied soul reaps gradually the good and evil fruits of action performed under the notion of virtue or vice with an eye to their good or evil consequences.

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Hanumān
• Vāli
• Aṅgada

FAQs

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

Fidelity and truth of affection: Tārā insists that relational dharma is not replaceable by substitutes; love and loyalty are not measured by utility.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā rejects the idea that Aṅgada’s future or other substitutes can compensate for her immediate loss of Vāli.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Constancy: unwavering attachment to her husband, even in death.