Shloka 46

Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation

Sumitra Itihāsa Begins

Devanagari script

तस्य चिन्तयतस्तावच्छायाभूतं महाद्युति । तेजो विग्रहवत्‌ तात शरीरमजहात्‌ तदा,तात! वे चिन्ता कर ही रहे थे कि उनके शरीरसे परम कान्तिमान्‌ छायामय तेज मूर्तिमान्‌ होकर प्रकट हुआ। उसने उनके शरीरको त्याग दिया था

Transliteration

tasya cintayatas tāvac chāyābhūtaṃ mahādyuti | tejo vigrahavat tāta śarīram ajahāt tadā ||

Translation

तस्य चिन्तयतस्तावच्छायाभूतं महाद्युति । तेजो विग्रहवत् तात शरीरमजहात् तदा ॥

Word by Word

तस्यof him

चिन्तयतःwhile (he was) thinking

तावत्just then / meanwhile

छायाभूतम्become shadow-like

महाद्युतिःa great radiance / one of great splendor

तेजःradiance, energy

विग्रहवत्having a form, embodied

तातO dear one / O son

शरीरम्body

अजहात्left, abandoned

तदाthen

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (speaker)

त

तस्य (a Brahmin/that person being described)

श

शरीर (body)

त

तेजस् (radiant form/energy)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes