Shloka 11

Devanagari script

जरितोवाच अहं तमभिजानामि हद्तं श्येनेन मूषिकम्‌ । नास्ति वोअत्र भयं पुत्रा: क्रियतां वचनं मम,जरिताने कहा--बेटो! मैं जानती हूँ, बाजने अवश्य चूहेको पकड़ लिया। तुमलोग मेरी बात मानो। इस बिलनें तुम्हें कोई भय नहीं है

Transliteration

jaritovāca — ahaṃ tam abhijānāmi hṛtaṃ śyena-mūṣikam | nāsti vo 'tra bhayaṃ putrāḥ, kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama ||

Translation

贾丽塔说道：“我已看明白了：那鹰隼确实擒走了那只老鼠。孩子们，在此无须恐惧；照我所说去做。”

Word by Word

• जरिता: Jarita (a female bird)
• जरिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरिता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिजानामि: I know/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हृतम्: seized/taken away
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्येनेन: by the hawk
• श्येनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मूषिकम्: mouse
• मूषिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूषिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वः: to you/for you
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Plural

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्राः: O sons!
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, passive/impersonal: 'let it be done'

• वचनम्: word/command
• वचनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jarītā
• putrāḥ (her children)
• śyena (hawk)
• mūṣika (mouse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In danger, clarity and steadiness are superior to panic: the elder who understands the situation should reassure others and give practical guidance, and the young should follow disciplined instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jarītā addresses her children, stating that the hawk has seized the mouse and telling them not to fear in their present place, urging them to carry out her instruction.