Shloka 15

उत्तरो भयविषण्णः — बृहन्नडेन धैर्योपदेशः

Uttara’s Panic and Bṛhannadā’s Stabilizing Counsel

Devanagari script

अथैनमुपसंगम्य स्त्रीमध्यात्‌ सा तपस्विनी । व्रीडमानेव शनकैरिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌,वह तपस्विनी स्त्रियोंके बीचसे उठकर उत्तरके समीप आयी और लजाती हुई-सी धीरे- धीरे इस प्रकार बोली--

Transliteration

athainam upasaṅgamya strīmadhyāt sā tapasvinī | vrīḍamāneva śanakair idaṁ vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

Тогда та подвижница поднялась из среды женщин и подошла к нему. Словно охваченная стыдливостью, она медленно произнесла такие слова—

Word by Word

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपसंगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-सम्-गम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral in gerund)

• स्त्री: of women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• मध्यात्: from the midst
• मध्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तपस्विनी: the ascetic woman
• तपस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• व्रीडमाना: being bashful
• व्रीडमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रीड्
• Form: Present active participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शनकैः: slowly, gently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनकैः

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• tapasvinī (an unnamed ascetic woman)
• striyaḥ (women, as a group)
• enam (an unnamed male person addressed/approached)