Shloka 7

Devanagari script

त॑ देवमब्रवीद्‌ भीता बन्धूनां राजसत्तम । व्रीडाविह्ललया वाचा शापत्रस्ता विशाम्पते

Transliteration

taṁ devam abravīd bhītā bandhūnāṁ rājasattama | vrīḍāvihvalayā vācā śāpatrastā viśāmpate ||

Translation

Terrified for her kinsmen, she addressed that divine being, O best of kings. Her words came out faltering with shame, for she was shaken by the fear of a curse, O lord of the people.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (him/it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: the god / divine one
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said / spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीता: frightened
• भीता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत (from √भी)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बन्धूनाम्: of (her) kinsmen
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• राजसत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्रीडाविह्वलया: with a voice faltering from shame
• व्रीडाविह्वलया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रीडाविह्वल
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वाचा: with (her) speech/voice
• वाचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शापत्रस्ता: terrified of a curse
• शापत्रस्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शापत्रस्त (from √त्रस्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (narrator/speaker)
• देव (a divine being, unnamed)
• बन्धु (kinsmen/relatives, unnamed)
• राजसत्तम (addressed king, unnamed)
• विशाम्पति (addressed ruler, unnamed)