Shloka 7
Devanagari script
सा चिन्तयन्ती च सदा नान्नहेतुमविन्दत
Transliteration
sā cintayantī ca sadā nānnahetum avindata
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: Though she kept reflecting constantly, she could not discover any reason for the lack of food.
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चिन्तयन्तीthinking, pondering
चिन्तयन्ती:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
FormPresent active participle (Parasmaipada), Feminine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अन्यहेतुम्another cause/reason
अन्यहेतुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्यहेतु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अविन्दत्found, discovered
अविन्दत्:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
an unnamed woman (sā)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Persistent reflection does not always yield an immediate explanation for suffering; the verse highlights the human condition of facing hardship whose causes are hidden, inviting patience, humility, and continued ethical steadiness even amid uncertainty.
The narrator reports that a woman keeps thinking repeatedly but cannot identify the reason connected with the absence or problem of food, emphasizing her confusion and distress in a situation of hunger or deprivation.