Shloka 58
Amba approaches the Paraśurāma context; Hotravāhana’s counsel and Akṛtavraṇa’s report (अम्बोपाख्यानम्—रामदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)
Devanagari script
न होत्सहे स्वनगरं प्रतियातुं तपोधन । अपमानभयाच्चैव व्रीडया च महामुने
Transliteration
na hotsahe svanagaraṁ pratiyātuṁ tapodhana | apamānabhayāccaiva vrīḍayā ca mahāmune ||
Translation
தபோதனரே, மகாமுனியே! அவமானத்தின் அச்சத்தாலும் வெட்கத்தாலும் நான் என் நகரத்திற்குத் திரும்பத் துணியவில்லை।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उत्सहेI am able / I dare
उत्सहे:
TypeVerb
Rootसह् (उत्सह्)
FormLat (present indicative), 1st, singular, Atmanepada
स्वनगरम्one's own city
स्वनगरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वनगर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
प्रतियातुम्to return / to go back
प्रतियातुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootया (प्रति-या)
Formtumun (infinitive), active
तपोधनO one whose wealth is austerity (ascetic)
तपोधन:
TypeNoun
Rootतपोधन
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
अपमानभयात्from fear of insult
अपमानभयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअपमानभय
Formneuter, ablative, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
व्रीडयाthrough shame / out of shame
व्रीडया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootव्रीडा
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
महामुनेO great sage
महामुने:
TypeNoun
Rootमहामुनि
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
होत्रवाहन उवाच
Characters & Entities
H
HotravāhanaM
mahāmuni (unnamed sage addressed)S
sva-nagara (his own city)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how fear of dishonor and inner shame can restrain a person’s actions; it implicitly raises an ethical tension between social reputation and the courage to face consequences.
Hotravāhana addresses a great ascetic and confesses that he cannot return to his own city because he anticipates public humiliation and feels deep shame.