Shloka 4
Ruru–Ḍuṇḍubha Saṃvāda: Śāpa, Mokṣa, and Ahiṃsā-Upadeśa
Chapter 11
Devanagari script
यथावीर्यस्त्वया सर्प: कृतो5यं मद्बिभीषया । तथावीर्यों भुजड़स्त्वं मम शापाद् भविष्यसि,“अरे! तूने मुझे डरानेके लिये जैसा अल्प शक्तिवाला सर्प बनाया था, मेरे शापवश ऐसा ही अल्पशक्तिसम्पन्न सर्प तुझे भी होना पड़ेगा”
Transliteration
yathāvīryas tvayā sarpaḥ kṛto ’yaṃ madbibhīṣayā | tathāvīryo bhujaṅgas tvaṃ mama śāpād bhaviṣyasi ||
Translation
“अरे! तूने मुझे डराने के लिए जैसा अल्प-शक्तिवाला सर्प बनाया था, मेरे शाप से तू भी वैसा ही अल्प-शक्तिसम्पन्न सर्प बनेगा।”
Word by Word
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
वीर्यःpowerful (one)
वीर्यः:
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
सर्पःsnake
सर्पः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्प
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतःmade
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मत्me
मत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
बिभीषयाwith the intention of frightening; by (means of) terror
बिभीषया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबिभीषा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
तथाso, in that same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वीर्यःpowerful (one)
वीर्यः:
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भुजगःsnake
भुजगः:
TypeNoun
Rootभुजग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Nominative, Singular
ममof me, my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शापात्from (the force of) the curse
शापात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशाप
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
भविष्यसिyou will become
भविष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular
Speaker
डुण्ड्रुभ उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ḍ
ḌuṇḍrubhaS
sarpa (serpent)Ś
śāpa (curse)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes