Shloka 2
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
केन कर्मविपाकेन ममापदि यमागता / प्रायश्चित्तं च किं तस्य गदस्व वदतां वर
Transliteration
kena karmavipākena mamāpadi yamāgatā / prāyaścittaṃ ca kiṃ tasya gadasva vadatāṃ vara
Translation
By what ripening of karma has this calamity come upon me? And what is its prāyaścitta, the expiation? O best of speakers, declare it.
Word by Word
kenaby what (means)/due to what
kena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Masculine/Neuter Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular
karma-vipākenaby karmic result
karma-vipākena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक) + vipāka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Instrumental Singular; ‘by the fruition/result of karma’
mamaof me/my
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
āpadiin misfortune/distress
āpadi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāpad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine Locative (सप्तमी) Singular
yāwhich (she)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Feminine Nominative Singular; correlates with implied sā
āgatāhas come
āgatā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (गम् धातु) + ktā (क्ता)
FormPast active participle (क्त/क्ता), Feminine Nominative Singular; agrees with yā
prāyaścittamexpiation
prāyaścittam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Nominative/Accusative Singular
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
kimwhat?
kim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Neuter Nominative/Accusative Singular
tasyaof that/of it
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Genitive Singular
gadasvatell/say
gadasva:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gad (गद् धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, Parasmaipada, 2nd person Singular
vadatāmof speakers
vadatām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Root√vad (वद् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive Plural; used in superlative phrase with vara
varaO best
vara:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Vocative Singular