Shloka 18

कलेर्द्वापरस्य च नले प्रति कोपः

Kali and Dvāpara’s Resolve Against Nala

Devanagari script

न तास्तं शवनुवन्ति सम व्याहर्तुमपि किंचन । तेजसा धर्षितास्तस्य लज्जावत्यो वराड़ना,नलके तेजसे प्रतिहत हुई वे लजीली सुन्दरियाँ उनसे कुछ बोल भी न सकी

Transliteration

na tāstaṃ śakṇuvanti samaṃ vyāhartum api kiṃcana | tejasā dharṣitāstasya lajjāvatyo varāṅganāḥ ||

Translation

布里哈达湿婆说道：那些端庄美丽的女子，被他的威光所震慑与压倒，连平静地对他说一句话都做不到——事实上，她们一句也说不出来。

Word by Word

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

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

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

• शक्नुवन्ति: are able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सम्: fully/together
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• व्याहर्तुम्: to utter/speak out
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-हृ
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• किम्: anything (whatsoever)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चन: at all (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन

• तेजसा: by (his) splendor/energy
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्षिताः: overpowered/abashed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृष्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (kta)

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• लज्जावत्यः: modest/bashful
• लज्जावत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जावत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वराङ्गनाः: beautiful women
• वराङ्गनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराङ्गना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)
• नल (Nala) (implied by context in Nala-upākhyāna)
• वराङ्गनाḥ (the women/ladies)