Shloka 2
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
केन कर्मविपाकेन ममापदि यमागता / प्रायश्चित्तं च किं तस्य गदस्व वदतां वर
Transliteration
kena karmavipākena mamāpadi yamāgatā / prāyaścittaṃ ca kiṃ tasya gadasva vadatāṃ vara
Translation
¿Por qué maduración kármica ha llegado sobre mí esta desgracia? ¿Y cuál es su prāyaścitta, la expiación? Oh el mejor de los oradores, dímelo.
Word by Word
kenaby what (means)/due to what
kena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Masculine/Neuter Instrumental (तृतीया) Singular
karma-vipākenaby karmic result
karma-vipākena:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkarma (प्रातिपदिक) + vipāka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Instrumental Singular; ‘by the fruition/result of karma’
mamaof me/my
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular
āpadiin misfortune/distress
āpadi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootāpad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine Locative (सप्तमी) Singular
yāwhich (she)
yā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Feminine Nominative Singular; correlates with implied sā
āgatāhas come
āgatā:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (गम् धातु) + ktā (क्ता)
FormPast active participle (क्त/क्ता), Feminine Nominative Singular; agrees with yā
prāyaścittamexpiation
prāyaścittam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāyaścitta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter Nominative/Accusative Singular
caand
ca:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
kimwhat?
kim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun, Neuter Nominative/Accusative Singular
tasyaof that/of it
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Genitive Singular
gadasvatell/say
gadasva:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gad (गद् धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्) Imperative, Parasmaipada, 2nd person Singular
vadatāmof speakers
vadatām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Root√vad (वद् धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Genitive Plural; used in superlative phrase with vara
varaO best
vara:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Vocative Singular