Shloka 4
कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्
Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse
Devanagari script
बभूव सो<स्य सचिव: सम्प्रदीप्त इवाग्निना । त्वरया चोपसंगम्य स्नेहादागतसम्भ्रम:
Transliteration
babhūva so ’sya sacivaḥ sampradīpta ivāgninā | tvarayā copasaṅgamya snehād āgata-sambhramaḥ ||
Translation
その大臣は、まるで火に灼かれたかのようであった。急ぎ駆け寄り、愛情ゆえに胸は不安のざわめきにとらわれた。偉大なる弓を帯びた王が大地に倒れているのを見たからである—時至って倒れる帝釈天の高幡のごとく。
Word by Word
बभूवbecame/was
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अस्यof him
अस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
सचिवःminister/counsellor
सचिवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सम्प्रदीप्तःblazing, inflamed
सम्प्रदीप्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-प्र-दीप् (धातु) → सम्प्रदीप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अग्निनाwith/by fire
अग्निना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
त्वरयाwith haste
त्वरया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उपसंगम्यhaving approached
उपसंगम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-सम्-गम् (धातु) → उपसंगम्य (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा (अव्ययभाव/gerund), कर्तरि
स्नेहात्from affection/out of love
स्नेहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन
आगतसम्भ्रमःone whose agitation has arisen
आगतसम्भ्रमः:
TypeAdjective
Rootआगतसम्भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker
गन्धर्व उवाच
Characters & Entities
ग
गन्धर्व (Gandharva, speaker)स
सचिव (minister/counsellor)म
महाराज (king)इ
इन्द्रध्वज (Indra’s banner/standard)प
पृथ्वी (earth)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic ideal of loyal service: a minister’s duty is not merely administrative but deeply protective and compassionate, responding swiftly and selflessly when the king is in distress.
A great king has fallen to the ground; seeing this, his minister is overwhelmed with alarm—likened to being on fire—and immediately rushes to him, his agitation arising from affection.