Shloka 3
Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence
Devanagari script
हा हता: स्मेति वाशन्त्यस्तीव्रशोकसमाहता: । रुदन्त्य: करुणं वापि गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे करे
Transliteration
hā hatāḥ smeti vāśantyastīvrāśokasamāhatāḥ | rudantyaḥ karuṇaṃ vāpi gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe kare
Translation
Lomaśa said: Struck down by piercing grief, they cried out, “Alas, we are slain!” Weeping piteously, they clutched (him/it) in their right hand.
Word by Word
हाalas! (interjection)
हा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहा
हताःslain / struck down
हताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहन्
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
स्मindeed; (emphatic particle)
स्म:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
वाशन्तिthey cry out / wail
वाशन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवाश्
Formpresent, third, plural, parasmaipada
अतीव्रby very intense (—)
अतीव्र:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतीव्र
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
शोकby grief
शोक:
TypeNoun
Rootशोक
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
समाहताःstruck/overwhelmed
समाहताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-आ-हन्
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
रुदन्त्यःweeping (women)
रुदन्त्यः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootरुद्
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
करुणम्piteously
करुणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकरुण
Formneuter, accusative, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
गृहीत्वाhaving taken / seizing
गृहीत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा), active
दक्षिणेin the right (—)
दक्षिणे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण
Formmasculine, locative, singular
करेin (the) hand
करे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकर
Formmasculine, locative, singular
Speaker
लोगमश उवाच
Characters & Entities
L
LomaśaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes