Shloka 58
Śūnyaka-nagara Utpāta-varṇanam (Portents in the City of Śūnyaka) — Lalitāyāḥ Yātrā-śravaṇāt Bhaṇḍāsura-purālaye Kṣobhaḥ
Devanagari script
तत्प्रसंगेन बहवस्तया दैत्या विनाशिताः / अतो वदामिनावज्ञा स्त्रीमात्रे क्रियतां क्वचित्
Transliteration
tatprasaṃgena bahavastayā daityā vināśitāḥ / ato vadāmināvajñā strīmātre kriyatāṃ kvacit
Translation
اس واقعے میں اس کے ہاتھوں بہت سے دَیتیہ ہلاک ہوئے؛ اس لیے میں کہتا ہوں کہ کہیں بھی محض ‘عورت’ سمجھ کر بے ادبی نہ کی جائے۔
Word by Word
tat-prasaṅgenaby that occasion/context
tat-prasaṅgena:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक) + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘in connection with that’); Masculine Instrumental Singular (तृतीया एकवचन)
bahavaḥmany
bahavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbahu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Plural (प्रथमा बहुवचन)
tayāby her
tayā:
Karaṇa/Agent (करण/कर्तृकरणभाव)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Feminine Instrumental Singular (तृतीया एकवचन)
daityāḥDaityas/demons
daityāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine Nominative Plural (प्रथमा बहुवचन)
vināśitāḥdestroyed
vināśitāḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया—कर्मणि)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-naś (धातु √naś/नश्, causative sense)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine Nominative Plural; predicate ‘were destroyed’
ataḥtherefore
ataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootataḥ (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (हेत्वर्थ-अव्यय) ‘therefore’
vadāmiI say
vadāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvad (धातु √vad/वद्)
FormPresent tense (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
avajñādisrespect
avajñā:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootavajñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine Nominative Singular; subject of injunction with क्रियताम्
strī-mātretowards women (as such)
strī-mātre:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘women in general/only women’); Neuter Locative Singular (सप्तमी एकवचन) used as domain ‘towards women’
kriyatāmshould be done/let be done
kriyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया—विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु √kṛ/कृ)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Singular, Ātmanepada; passive/impersonal sense ‘let it be done’
kvacitever/anywhere
kvacit:
Kāla/Deśa (काल/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkvacit (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb (देश/काल-अव्यय) ‘anywhere/ever’