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Shloka 8

कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्

Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse

क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तं तर्कयामास वै नृपम्‌ । पतितं पातनं संख्ये शात्रवाणां महीतले,युद्धमें शत्रुदलको पृथ्वीपर गिरा देनेवाले नरेशको भूमिपर गिरा देख मन्त्रीने यह अनुमान लगाया कि ये भूख-प्याससे पीड़ित एवं थके-माँदे हैं

kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntaṃ tarkayāmāsa vai nṛpam | patitaṃ pātanaṃ saṅkhye śātravāṇāṃ mahītale ||

เมื่อเห็นพระราชาผู้เคยโค่นกองทัพศัตรูในสนามรบ บัดนี้กลับล้มแน่นิ่งอยู่บนพื้นดิน คนธรรพ์จึงคาดหมายว่า พระองค์คงอ่อนล้าสิ้นแรงเพราะความหิวและความกระหาย

क्षुत्hunger
क्षुत्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुत्
FormFeminine, Nominative (in compound), Singular
पिपासाthirst
पिपासा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपिपासा
FormFeminine, Nominative (in compound), Singular
परिश्रान्तम्exhausted, worn out
परिश्रान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिश्रान्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
क्षुत्-पिपासा-परिश्रान्तम्exhausted due to hunger and thirst
क्षुत्-पिपासा-परिश्रान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिश्रान्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तर्कयामासhe inferred/considered
तर्कयामास:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootतर्क्
FormPerfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
नृपम्the king
नृपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पतितम्fallen
पतितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपतित
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पातनम्causing to fall; overthrowing
पातनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपातन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
संख्येin battle
संख्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंख्या
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
शात्रवाणाम्of the enemies
शात्रवाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशात्रव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महीतलेon the ground; on the earth's surface
महीतले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहीतल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

गन्धर्व उवाच

गन्धर्व (Gandharva)
नृप (king)
शात्रव (enemies)
महीतल (ground/earth)

Educational Q&A

Power and martial prowess do not exempt anyone from basic human limits; ethical judgment should be guided by attentive understanding of circumstances (here, hunger, thirst, and fatigue) rather than by triumphalism over someone who has fallen.

The Gandharva observes a king lying fallen on the ground—formerly a formidable subduer of enemies in battle—and concludes that the king’s collapse is due to hunger, thirst, and exhaustion.