Shloka 20

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

क्षत्रवीर्य च सकल॑ तव मात्रे समर्पितम्‌ । विपर्ययेण ते भद्रे नैतदेव॑ भविष्यति

Transliteration

kṣatravīryaṃ ca sakalaṃ tava mātre samarpitam | viparyayeṇa te bhadre naitadeva bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

«Toute ta vaillance de kṣatriya a été confiée à ta mère. Mais si les choses se renversent, ô noble dame, cela n’adviendra pas comme tu l’attends.»

Word by Word

• क्षत्रवीर्यम्: kshatriya-valor, warrior power
• क्षत्रवीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रवीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मात्रे: to (your) mother
• मात्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• समर्पितम्: offered, entrusted, handed over
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्प्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विपर्ययेण: by reversal, contrariwise
• विपर्ययेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपर्यय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: to you / of you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive/Dative, Singular

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady / O good one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Mother (mātṛ; unspecified in the verse)
• Addressed woman (bhadre; unspecified in the verse)