Shloka 2

ताराशोकविनोदनम्

Consolation of Tara and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

गुणदोषकृतं जन्तुस्स्वकर्म फलहेतुकम्।अव्यग्रस्तदवाप्नोति सर्वं प्रेत्य शुभाशुभम्।।

Transliteration

guṇadoṣakṛtaṃ jantuḥ svakarma-phala-hetukam | avyagras tad avāpnoti sarvaṃ pretya śubhāśubham ||

Translation

Après avoir quitté ce monde, l’être incarné éprouve peu à peu, selon ses propres actes, les fruits heureux et malheureux issus d’actions façonnées par la vertu et le vice.

Word by Word

• guṇadoṣakṛtam: produced by merit and fault
• guṇadoṣakṛtam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guṇa + doṣa + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: गुणदोष (द्वन्द्व) + कृत (कृदन्त, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here predicate adjective qualifying jantuḥ (sense: 'made by good and bad [qualities/deeds]')

• jantuḥ: the embodied being
• jantuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svakarma: one's own action
• svakarma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + karma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (स्वं कर्म), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used as qualifier in compound with phalahetukam

• phalahetukam: having results as the cause (i.e., whose cause is the fruit of actions)
• phalahetukam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (फलस्य हेतुः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate adjective qualifying (jantuḥ)

• avyagraḥ: unagitated, undistracted
• avyagraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyagra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective qualifying jantuḥ

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun referring to 'that (result)'

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies śubhāśubham / object of avāpnoti

• pretya: after death
• pretya: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-i (धातु) + pretya (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), 'having died/after departing'

• śubhāśubham: good and bad (results)
• śubhāśubham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (शुभं च अशुभं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Context

'Let all the rituals of the king of vanaras be performed. Let Angada be consecrated. You will attain peace of mind to see your son seated on the throne.'

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Tārā

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Personal responsibility (karma): one inevitably experiences the results of one’s own deeds, so dharma is to act rightly rather than be overwhelmed by grief.

What is the narrative situation?

After Vāli’s fall, Hanumān counsels the grieving Tārā, turning her attention from sorrow to the law of karma and the need for steadiness.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Wisdom and composure: Hanumān models calm ethical reasoning in the face of death.