Shloka 27
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
Devanagari script
कूपे55त्मानमध:शीर्षमपश्यं पतितश्न ह | तिर्यग्योनिमनुप्राप्तं न च मामजहात् स्मृति:
Transliteration
kūpe ’tmānam adhaḥśīrṣam apaśyaṁ patitaś ca ha | tiryagyoniṁ anuprāptaṁ na ca mām ajahāt smṛtiḥ ||
Translation
井へ落ちたとき、私は自らが頭を下にして逆さにあるのを見た。私は非人の生（蜥蜴の身）を得ていたが、その境遇にあっても記憶だけは私を見捨てなかった。
Word by Word
कूपेin a well
कूपे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकूप
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
आत्मानम्myself
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अधःशीर्षम्with head downward
अधःशीर्षम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअधः-शीर्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपश्यम्I saw
अपश्यम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
पतितःhaving fallen
पतितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
हindeed
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
तिर्यग्योनिम्an animal birth (non-human womb)
तिर्यग्योनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतिर्यग्योनि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अनुप्राप्तम्having obtained/reached
अनुप्राप्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-प्राप्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormAccusative, Singular
अजहात्abandoned/left
अजहात्:
TypeVerb
Rootहा
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्मृतिःmemory
स्मृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्मृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्मindeed/just (past emphasis)
स्म:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
kūpa (well)T
tiryagyoni (non-human birth, lizard-like body)S
smṛti (memory)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes