Shloka 6
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
ततः पूर्वे च काले तु सुधर्मायां त्वयि स्थिते / त्वया कश्चित्कृतः प्रश्न ऋषीणां सन्निधौ तदा
Transliteration
tataḥ pūrve ca kāle tu sudharmāyāṃ tvayi sthite / tvayā kaścitkṛtaḥ praśna ṛṣīṇāṃ sannidhau tadā
Translation
پھر پہلے زمانے میں، جب آپ سُدھرمَا سبھا میں موجود تھے، تب رِشیوں کی موجودگی میں آپ نے ایک سوال کیا تھا۔
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb); तस्मात्/ततः = then/thereupon
pūrvein the earlier (time)
pūrve:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case) एकवचन-रूपे (locative singular form ‘pūrve’ used adverbially); अर्थ: in the former/earlier (time)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
kāleat the time
kāle:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वय (particle: but/indeed)
sudharmāyāmin Sudharmā (the hall)
sudharmāyām:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsudharmā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; स्थान-अधिकरण
tvayiwhen you
tvayi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/with regard to you’)
sthitebeing present/standing
sthite:
Kāla (काल)
TypeVerb
Rootsthā (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute): tvayi sthite = when you were present/standing
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-हेतु
kaścita certain
kaścit:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootkaścit (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (someone/a certain)
kṛtaḥmade/posed
kṛtaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √कृ (करणे)
praśnaḥquestion
praśnaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpraśna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे (subject of ‘kṛtaḥ’)
ṛṣīṇāmof the sages
ṛṣīṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootṛṣi (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
sannidhauin the presence
sannidhau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsannidhi (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; स्थान-अधिकरण
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)