Shloka 6
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
ततः पूर्वे च काले तु सुधर्मायां त्वयि स्थिते / त्वया कश्चित्कृतः प्रश्न ऋषीणां सन्निधौ तदा
Transliteration
tataḥ pūrve ca kāle tu sudharmāyāṃ tvayi sthite / tvayā kaścitkṛtaḥ praśna ṛṣīṇāṃ sannidhau tadā
Translation
And in former times, when you were seated in the hall of Sudharmā, you once posed a question in the presence of the ṛṣis.
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb); तस्मात्/ततः = then/thereupon
pūrvein the earlier (time)
pūrve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case) एकवचन-रूपे (locative singular form ‘pūrve’ used adverbially); अर्थ: in the former/earlier (time)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
kāleat the time
kāle:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)
sudharmāyāmin Sudharmā (the hall)
sudharmāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsudharmā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; स्थान-अधिकरण
tvayiwhen you
tvayi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/with regard to you’)
sthitebeing present/standing
sthite:
Kāla (काल)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute): tvayi sthite = when you were present/standing
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-हेतु
kaścita certain
kaścit:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootkaścit (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (someone/a certain)
kṛtaḥmade/posed
kṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √कृ (करणे)
praśnaḥquestion
praśnaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpraśna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे (subject of ‘kṛtaḥ’)
ṛṣīṇāmof the sages
ṛṣīṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
sannidhauin the presence
sannidhau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsannidhi (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; स्थान-अधिकरण
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)