Shloka 33

Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

नूनं जन्मान्तरकृतं पापमापतितं महत्‌ | अपक्रिमामिमां कष्टामापदं प्राप्तवत्यहम्‌,“निश्चय ही यह मेरे दूसरे जन्मोंके किये हुए पापका महान्‌ फल प्राप्त हुआ है, जिससे मैं इस अनन्त कष्टमें पड़ गयी हूँ

Transliteration

nūnaṁ janmāntarakṛtaṁ pāpam āpatitaṁ mahat | apakrīmām imāṁ kaṣṭām āpadaṁ prāptavaty aham ||

Translation

Surely a great sin committed in some former birth has now come down upon me. It is the fruit of that wrongdoing that I have fallen into this grievous calamity, an unending misery.

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• जन्मान्तरकृतम्: done in another birth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्मान्तरकृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पापम्: sin, evil deed
• पापम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आपतितम्: has befallen, has come upon
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपतित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अपक्रिमा: misfortune, calamity
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपक्रिमा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कष्टाम्: painful, grievous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कष्ट
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आपदम्: distress, calamity
• आपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्तवती: has obtained/has reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्तवत्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Feminine

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• बृहदश्चव (Bṛhadaśva)