Shloka 10

कच-देवयानी संवादः

Kaca–Devayānī Dialogue and the Curse on Vidyā

Devanagari script

प्रस्थे हिमवतो रम्ये मालिनीमभितो नदीम्‌ | जाततमुत्सृज्य तं गर्भ मेनका मालिनीमनु

Transliteration

prasthe himavato ramye mālinīm abhito nadīm | jātam ut-sṛjya taṃ garbhaṃ menakā mālinīm anu

Translation

ณ ที่ราบอันรื่นรมย์แห่งหิมวานต์ ริมฝั่งแม่น้ำมาลินี เมนกาคลอดแล้วทอดทิ้งทารกแรกเกิดนั้น จากนั้นก็จากไปตามลำน้ำมาลินี

Word by Word

• प्रस्थे: on a plateau/level ground
• प्रस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हिमवतः: of Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रम्ये: beautiful, delightful
• रम्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मालिनीम्: Malinī (river)
• मालिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभितः: around, on all sides of
• अभितः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभितः

• नदीम्: river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जातम्: born (newborn)
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गर्भम्: embryo/child in the womb; offspring
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मेनका: Menakā
• मेनका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मालिनीम्: Malinī (river)
• मालिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मालिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• Himavat (Himālaya)
• Mālinī river
• Menakā
• newborn child (Śakuntalā implied by context)