Shloka 27

ताराविलापः

Tārā’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

इष्ट्वा सङ्ग्रामयज्ञेन रामप्रहरणाम्भसि।अस्मिन्नवभृथे स्नातः कथं पत्न्या मया विना।।

Transliteration

iṣṭvā saṅgrāmayajñena rāmapraharaṇāmbhasi | asminn avabhṛthe snātaḥ kathaṃ patnyā mayā vinā ||

Translation

Matapos mong ialay ang digmaan bilang isang yajña, at maligo sa tubig ng sandata ni Rāma na parang pangwakas na paligong avabhṛtha—paano ka naligo nang wala ako, ang iyong asawa?

Word by Word

• iṣṭvā: having sacrificed/performed
• iṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yaj (धातु: यज्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya usage; prior action

• saṅgrāma-yajñena: by/with the war-sacrifice
• saṅgrāma-yajñena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgrāma (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय sense) 'war-sacrifice'; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• rāma-praharaṇa-ambhasi: in the water of Rama's arrow/weapon
• rāma-praharaṇa-ambhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + praharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक: अम्भस्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa chain (षष्ठी) 'in the water of Rama's weapon'; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक: इदम्)
• Form: Pronoun, Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• avabhṛthe: in the concluding bath (of a sacrifice)
• avabhṛthe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avabhṛtha (प्रातिपदिक: अवभृथ)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• snātaḥ: (you) have bathed
• snātaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु: स्ना) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively with implied 'asi'

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: Interrogative adverb (प्रश्न-अव्यय)

• patnyā: with (your) wife
• patnyā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक: पत्नी)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• mayā: with me
• mayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; preposition-like particle governing instrumental (तृतीया-योग्य)

Context

'You have performed a war-sacrifice. You have bathed in the waters of Rama's weapon signifying the end of the sacrifice. How did you take this customary bath without me, your wife?

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Vāli
• Rāma

FAQs

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

The verse uses sacrificial imagery to stress the gravity of violent action and its aftermath; dharma warns that war’s ‘ritual completion’ brings irreversible separation and suffering.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā laments Vāli’s death by comparing the battle to a sacrifice, with the fatal arrow as the ‘water’ of the final bath.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Marital solidarity—Tārā’s grief is framed as the rupture of shared life and shared rites.