Shloka 30

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

तमेवंवादिनमिष्टजनशोकपरीतात्मा राजा-थोवाच,राजाका हृदय अपनी प्यारी रानीके विनाशके शोकसे दग्ध हो रहा था। उन्होंने उपर्युक्त बातें कहनेवाले मण्डूकराजसे कहा--

Transliteration

tam evaṁ-vādinaṁ iṣṭa-jana-śoka-parītātmā rājā ’tho ’vāca | rājñaḥ hṛdayaṁ svāṁ priyāṁ rājñīṁ vinaṣṭāṁ śocan duḥkhena dagdhaṁ babhūva | sa uparyuktāni vacāṁsi vadantaṁ maṇḍūka-rājaṁ pratyuvāca —

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then the king, his mind overwhelmed by grief for his beloved and dear ones, spoke. His heart was scorched by sorrow at the loss of his cherished queen. Addressing the frog-king who had just spoken those words, he replied—

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वादिनम्: the speaker
• वादिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इष्टजनशोकपरीतात्मा: whose self was overwhelmed by grief for dear people
• इष्टजनशोकपरीतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट-जन-शोक-परित-आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the King (unnamed here)
• the Queen (beloved consort, unnamed here)
• Maṇḍūka-rāja (frog-king)