Shloka 19

आशा-कृशता उपाख्यानम्

The Episode on the Emaciation Caused by Hope

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते बाणे भूमौ ज्वलिततेजसि । प्रविवेश महारण्यं मृगो राजाप्यथाद्रवत्‌,जब राजाका वह तेजस्वी बाण पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा, तब मृग एक महान्‌ वनमें घुस गया, राजाने उस समय भी उसका पीछा नहीं छोड़ा

Transliteration

tasmin nipatite bāṇe bhūmau jvalita-tejasi | praviveśa mahāraṇyaṁ mṛgo rājāpy athādravat ||

Translation

その輝き燃える矢が地に落ちるや、鹿は広大な森へと飛び込んだ。だが王はその時も追跡をやめず、なお走って追いすがった。

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निपतिते: having fallen
• निपतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बाणे: in/when the arrow
• बाणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ज्वलित-तेजसि: in (the arrow) of blazing splendor
• ज्वलित-तेजसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलित (√ज्वल्) + तेजस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रविवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महा-अरण्यम्: a great forest
• महा-अरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मृगः: the deer
• मृगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• अद्रवत्: ran (after)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (rājā)
• Deer (mṛga)
• Arrow (bāṇa)
• Earth/ground (bhūmi)
• Great forest (mahāraṇya)