Shloka 37
Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)
Devanagari script
अविज्ञानात् ततः सो5थ डिण्डिकं हुपभुक्तवान् | ततस्ते सहिता: सर्वे मन्त्रयामासुरञ्जसा
Transliteration
avijñānāt tataḥ so 'tha ḍiṇḍikaṃ hy upabhuktavān | tatas te sahitāḥ sarve mantrayāmāsur añjasā ||
Translation
三阇耶说：由于缺乏警觉，那只猫竟也把顶迪迦吞食了。其后，众鼠聚集一处，意向分明，彼此商议筹谋。
Word by Word
अविज्ञानात्from ignorance; due to not knowing
अविज्ञानात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअविज्ञान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अथthen; now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
डिण्डिकम्Dindika (a name/proper noun)
डिण्डिकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootडिण्डिक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपभुक्तवान्ate; consumed
उपभुक्तवान्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-भुज्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Masculine
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सहिताḥassembled; together
सहिताḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मन्त्रयामासुःthey consulted; deliberated
मन्त्रयामासुः:
TypeVerb
Rootमन्त्रय्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural
अञ्जसाstraightforwardly; readily; clearly
अञ्जसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअञ्जसा
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)ब
बिलाव (cat, implied by context)च
चूहे (mice, implied by context)ड
डिण्डिक (Ḍiṇḍika)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Carelessness born of ignorance leads to preventable loss; therefore one should remain alert to danger and respond through thoughtful, collective deliberation rather than isolated panic.
The cat, unaware of the mice’s alertness (or lacking discernment), eats Ḍiṇḍika too; afterward all the mice assemble and begin to consult together to decide their next course of action.