Shloka 6

ताराशोकविनोदनम्

Consolation of Tara and Counsel on Succession

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्हरिसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च।वर्तयन्ति कृतांशानि सोऽयं दिष्टान्तमागतः।।

Transliteration

yasmin hari-sahasrāṇi prayutāny arbudāni ca | vartayanti kṛtāṃśāni so ’yaṃ diṣṭāntam āgataḥ ||

Translation

ผู้นั้นซึ่งวานรนับพัน—แม้ถึงนับล้านและนับสิบล้าน—ต่างฝากความหวังและพึ่งพา บัดนี้ได้ถึงกาลอันลิขิตไว้แล้ว เพื่อรับผลแห่งกรรมของตนเอง

Word by Word

• yasmin: in whom
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• hari-sahasrāṇi: thousands of monkeys
• hari-sahasrāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (thousands of monkeys)

• prayutāni: (in) myriads/ten-thousands
• prayutāni: Karta (कर्ता; in coordination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (ten-thousands; used as count-unit)

• arbudāni: arbuda-units (vast numbers)
• arbudāni: Karta (कर्ता; in coordination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (hundred-millions/large number)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• vartayanti: maintain / sustain
• vartayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु; causative vartay-)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘maintain/carry on’)

• kṛtāṃśāni: their allotted shares/pledges
• kṛtāṃśāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta-aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘made/assigned shares’; i.e., allotted portions/pledges)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (appositional: ‘this very’)

• diṣṭāntam: to the appointed end/fate
• diṣṭāntam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diṣṭānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• āgataḥ: has reached
• āgataḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ā-√gam धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past participle) used predicatively

Context

'Tens of millions of monkeys depended on this hero with their hopes on him. He has reached his ultimate destiny now to enjoy the fruits of his good deeds.

Characters & Entities

• Vāli
• monkeys (Vānara hosts)

FAQs

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

Acceptance of destiny and karma-phala: even the most relied-upon leader must meet an appointed end, and one should reflect on deeds and their results rather than be consumed by grief.

What is the narrative situation?

After Vāli is mortally wounded, Tārā is being consoled and guided to face the reality of succession and the community’s dependence on righteous order.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Steadiness in adversity (dhairya) and discernment (viveka): the speaker frames death as a destined transition tied to one’s actions.