Shloka 19

ताराविलापः

Tara’s Lament and Counsel after Vali’s Fall

Devanagari script

पादमूलं गमिष्यामि तस्यैवाहं महात्मनः।योऽसौ रामप्रयुक्तेन शरेण विनिपातितः।।

Transliteration

pādamūlaṃ gamiṣyāmi tasyaivāhaṃ mahātmanaḥ | yo 'sau rāmaprayuktena śareṇa vinipātitaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าจักไปถึงแทบพระบาทของมหาตมะผู้นั้น—ผู้ซึ่งถูกศรที่พระรามทรงปล่อยให้ล้มลง

Word by Word

• pādamūlam: the feet/foot-soles
• pādamūlam: Karma (कर्म/Object—goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda + mūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः: पादस्य मूलम्

• gamiṣyāmi: I will go
• gamiṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) — pronoun

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः: महान् आत्मा यस्य

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); relative pronoun

• asau: that man/this one
• asau: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); deictic pronoun

• rāmaprayuktena: shot by Rama
• rāmaprayuktena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument—agent of discharge)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāma + prayukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः: रामेण प्रयुक्तः (discharged by Rama)

• śareṇa: by an arrow
• śareṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vinipātitaḥ: struck down/killed
• vinipātitaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ni-pat (वि-नि-पत् धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having been struck down’

Context

'I will seek the soles of the feet of the great soul who has been killed by the arrow discharged by Rama.'

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Rāma
• Vāli (implied as the one struck down)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Humility before truth and power: she chooses to approach the agent of fate (Rāma) and the fallen husband, seeking the reality of the moment rather than clinging to court politics.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā decides to go to the battlefield site where Vāli lies, acknowledging that Rāma’s arrow caused the fall.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Courage and dignity—moving toward the painful scene to face truth directly.