Shloka 4

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 147 — Kanyā-paridevita

The daughter’s lament on lineage and protection

Devanagari script

! कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां रात्रावस्यां पुरोचन: । भवनस्य तव द्वारि प्रदास्यति हुताशनम्‌,“इसी कृष्णपक्षकी चतुर्दशीकी रातको पुरोचन आपके घरके दरवाजेपर आग लगा देगा

Transliteration

kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ rātrāv asyāṃ purocanaḥ | bhavanasya tava dvāri pradāsyati hutāśanam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “On this very night—the fourteenth night of the dark fortnight—Purocana will set fire at the door of your dwelling.”

Word by Word

• कृष्णपक्षे: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth lunar day
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्याम्: on this (night)
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पुरोचनः: Purocana
• पुरोचनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवनस्य: of the house
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• द्वारि: at the door
• द्वारि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रदास्यति: will give/offer; will set (apply)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हुताशनम्: fire (lit. eater of offerings)
• हुताशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Purocana
• hutāśana (fire)
• bhavana (house/dwelling)
• dvāra (door/entrance)
• kṛṣṇapakṣa
• caturdaśī