Shloka 35

Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode

Lalitopākhyāna Context

Devanagari script

निरौषधिरसा भूमिर्निवीर्य जायतेतराम् / भास्करो धूसराकारश्चन्द्रमाः कान्तिवर्जितः

Transliteration

nirauṣadhirasā bhūmirnivīrya jāyatetarām / bhāskaro dhūsarākāraścandramāḥ kāntivarjitaḥ

Translation

大地は薬草の精を失って力尽き、太陽は灰色に曇り、月もまた光輝を失った。

Word by Word

• nir-auṣadhi-rasā: devoid of medicinal sap/juice
• nir-auṣadhi-rasā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of bhūmiḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir (उपसर्ग) + auṣadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); नञ्/निर्-पूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (निर्औषधिरसः = औषधिरस-रहितः)

• bhūmiḥ: the earth
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ni-vīryā: strengthless, without potency
• ni-vīryā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of bhūmiḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni (उपसर्ग) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); निः/नि-पूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (निर्वीर्या = वीर्य-रहिता)

• jāyate: is born/comes to be
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• itarām: excessively, very much
• itarām: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) used as intensifier/adverb (अतिशयार्थे)

• bhāskaraḥ: the sun
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• dhūsara-ākāraḥ: having a greyish form
• dhūsara-ākāraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of bhāskaraḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhūsara (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (धूसरः आकारः यस्य)

• candramāḥ: the moon
• candramāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (second clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kānti-varjitaḥ: devoid of luster
• kānti-varjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of candramāḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kānti (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/varj धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तृतीयातत्पुरुषः/षष्ठीतत्पुरुषः अर्थे (कान्त्या वर्जितः/कान्ति-रहितः); past participle (क्त)