Shloka 56

Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation

Sumitra Itihāsa Begins

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ तत्र यतो वृत्तं नराधिप । ततः प्रभामयी देवी शरीरात्‌ तस्य निर्यया

Transliteration

ity uktvā prayayau tatra yato vṛttaṃ narādhipa | tataḥ prabhāmayī devī śarīrāt tasya niryayau | tvayā tyaktā gamiṣyāmi bala-hānugatā hāham |

Translation

ऐसा कहकर, हे नराधिप, वह बल वहाँ चला गया जहाँ सदाचार गया था। तब उसके शरीर से एक प्रभामयी देवी प्रकट हुई। उसने कहा—“तुम्हारे द्वारा त्यागी गई मैं अब चली जाऊँगी; हाय! मैं बल की अनुगामिनी हूँ।”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• प्रययौ: went forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• यतः: from where/whence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस्

• वृत्तम्: the event/occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्रभामयी: radiant, full of splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभामय
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• शरीरात्: from (his) body
• शरीरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• निर्यया: came out, emerged
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: instrumental, singular

• त्यक्ता: abandoned (I, fem.)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), feminine, nominative, singular

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 1, singular, parasmaipada

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अनुगता: having followed, attendant upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-गम्
• Form: क्त (past participle, active sense), feminine, nominative, singular

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• नराधिप (king, addressee)
• प्रभामयी देवी (radiant goddess)
• लक्ष्मी (Lakṣmī)
• बल (Bala, Strength)