Shloka 27

ययाति-देवयानी-शर्मिष्ठा विवादः — Śukra’s Curse and the Disclosure of Lineage

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा काव्यमुवाचेदं सम्भ्रमाविष्टचेतना । आचचक्षे महाप्राज्ञं देवयानीं वने हताम्‌

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā kāvyam uvācedaṃ sambhramāviṣṭa-cetanā | ācacakṣe mahāprājñaṃ devayānīṃ vane hatām ||

Translation

Seeing the grievous scene, her mind seized by agitation, she spoke these words. She reported to the very wise one that Devayānī had been slain in the forest—an utterance charged with alarm and moral shock at the violation of safety and propriety in a place that should have offered refuge.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• काव्यम्: a poem/verse
• काव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्भ्रमाविष्टचेतना: whose mind was seized by agitation/confusion
• सम्भ्रमाविष्टचेतना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भ्रम-आविष्ट-चेतन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आचचक्षे: told/related
• आचचक्षे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञम्: to the very wise (man)
• महाप्राज्ञम्: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवयानीम्: Devayānī
• देवयानीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवयानी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हताम्: killed/slain
• हताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devayānī
• vana (forest)
• mahāprājña (a very wise person, unnamed here)