Shloka 19
Janmaveśma-praveśa and Uttarā’s Śaraṇāgati
Entry into the Birth-Chamber and Uttarā’s Appeal
Devanagari script
स्वसेति वा महाबाहो हतपुत्रेति वा पुन: । प्रपन्ना मामियं चेति दयां कर्तुमिहाहसि,“महाबाहो! तुम यह समझकर कि यह मेरी बहिन है अथवा जिसका बेटा मारा गया है, वह दुखिया है अथवा शरणमें आयी हुई एक दयनीय अबला है, मुझपर दया करने योग्य हो”
Transliteration
svāseti vā mahābāho hataputreti vā punaḥ | prapannā mām iyaṃ ceti dayāṃ kartum ihārhasi ||
Translation
“O mighty-armed one, whether you regard her as my sister, or again as a woman whose son has been slain, or as one who has come to me for refuge—seeing her thus, you ought to show compassion here.”
Word by Word
स्वसाsister
स्वसा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
हतपुत्राone whose son is slain
हतपुत्रा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहतपुत्र
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पुनःagain / further
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
प्रपन्नाhaving sought refuge / surrendered
प्रपन्ना:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रपद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
इयम्this (woman)
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
दयाम्compassion
दयाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कर्तुम्to do / to show
कर्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formतुमुन् (infinitive)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vaiśampāyana (narrator/speaker)M
mahābāhu (addressee, unnamed in this verse)A
a woman seeking refuge (unnamed)T
the slain son (unnamed)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes