Shloka 28

कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः

Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative

Devanagari script

राम उवाच इत्युक्त्वा शरवर्षेण सर्वतः समवाकिरत्‌

Transliteration

rāma uvāca ity uktvā śaravarṣeṇa sarvataḥ samavākirat

Translation

رام نے کہا— یہ کہہ کر اس نے ہر سمت تیروں کی بارش کر کے چاروں طرف کو ڈھانپ دیا۔

Word by Word

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Ktva (absolutive/gerund), Active

• शरवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides; from every direction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• समवाकिरत्: he covered/sprinkled (him/them) completely
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॄ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, सम्,अव

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• arrows (śara)