Shloka 6

Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence

Devanagari script

आर्ता निपेतु: सहसा पृथिव्यां कुरुनन्दन | सर्वाश्ष गर्भानलभंस्ततस्ता: परमाड़्ना:

Transliteration

ārtā nipetuḥ sahasā pṛthivyāṃ kurunandana | sarvāś ca garbhān alabhanta tatas tāḥ paramārditāḥ ||

Translation

她们被悲痛压倒，噢，俱卢族的欢欣之子，忽然间倒伏在地。其后，那些妇人——受苦至极——尽皆失胎，身心为剧痛所震荡。

Word by Word

• आर्ताः: distressed, afflicted
• आर्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निपेतुः: fell down
• निपेतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• सहसा: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth, on the ground
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus (O descendant of Kuru)
• कुरुनन्दन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गर्भान्: fetuses, embryos; pregnancies
• गर्भान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अलभन्: obtained, got; (here) retained/kept
• अलभन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter; from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• परमाण्णाः: having supreme command/authority; of highest order (reading uncertain)
• परमाण्णाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमाज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomāśa
• Kurunandana (Kuru prince addressed)