Shloka 31

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

मृगाभिशापान्नष्टं मे जननं हाकृतात्मन: । नृशंसकारिणो भीरु यथैवोपहतं पुरा

Transliteration

mṛgābhiśāpān naṣṭaṃ me jananaṃ hākṛtātmanaḥ | nṛśaṃsakāriṇo bhīru yathaivopahataṃ purā ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「鹿の呪いによって、我が子をもうける力は滅びた。私は自らを制し得ず、残酷な行いをなしてしまった。おお、怯えやすき者よ、ゆえに我が生殖の力も打ち砕かれた――かつて私がその鹿を殺し、交わりを妨げて打ち倒したのと同じように。」

Word by Word

• मृगाभिशापात्: from the deer's curse
• मृगाभिशापात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग-अभिशाप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• नष्टम्: destroyed/lost
• नष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जननम्: begetting/procreation (power)
• जननम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अकृतात्मनः: of (me) uncontrolled in mind / undisciplined
• अकृतात्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नृशंसकारिणः: of (me) doing cruel deeds
• नृशंसकारिणः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंसकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीरु: O timid one (O lady)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीरु
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• उपहतम्: struck/harmed/obstructed
• उपहतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपहत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly/earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mṛga (deer)
• abhiśāpa (curse)
• janana-śakti (procreative power)