Shloka 16
कच-देवयानी संवादः
Kaca–Devayānī Dialogue and the Curse on Vidyā
Devanagari script
निर्जने तु वने यस्माच्छकुन्तै: परिवारिता । शकुन्तलेति नामास्या: कृतं चापि ततो मया,निर्जन वनमें इसे शकुन्तोंने घेर रखा था, इसलिये “शकुन्तान् लाति रक्षकत्वेन गृह्नाति' इस व्युत्पत्तिक अनुसार इस कन्याका नाम मैंने 'शकुन्तला” रख दिया
Transliteration
nirjane tu vane yasmāc chakuntaiḥ parivāritā | śakuntaleti nāmāsyāḥ kṛtaṃ cāpi tato mayā ||
Translation
Kaṇva said: “Because, in that lonely forest, she was surrounded and attended by śakuntas (birds), I therefore gave her the name ‘Śakuntalā.’”
Word by Word
निर्जनेin a solitary (place)
निर्जने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्जन
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यस्मात्because of which/from which
यस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
शकुन्तैःby birds (śakuntas)
शकुन्तैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशकुन्त
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
परिवारिताsurrounded/encircled
परिवारिता:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
शकुन्तलाŚakuntalā (name)
शकुन्तला:
TypeNoun
Rootशकुन्तला
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नामname
नाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अस्याःof her
अस्याः:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
कृतम्made/assigned
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
ततःtherefore/from that (reason)
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
कण्व उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KaṇvaŚ
ŚakuntalāF
forest (vana)Ś
śakuntas (birds)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes