Shloka 25

ताराविलापः

Tara’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

यद्यप्रियं किञ्चिदसम्प्रधार्यकृतं मया स्यात्तव दीर्घबाहो।क्षमस्व मे तद्धरिवंशनाथव्रजामि मूर्ध्ना तव वीर पादौ।।4.20.25।।

Transliteration

yady apriyaṃ kiñcid asampradhārya kṛtaṃ mayā syāt tava dīrghabāho |

kṣamasva me tad dharivaṃśanātha vrajāmi mūrdhnā tava vīra pādau ||

Translation

若我这不经思量之下，曾做过任何令你不悦之事，噢长臂者，请宽恕我；噢猴族之主。英雄啊，我以首叩拜于你的双足。

Word by Word

• yad: whatever / if (that which)
• yad: कर्तृ/विषय (relative subject/topic of clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (relative pronoun: nominative singular neuter)

• apriyam: something unpleasant / displeasing
• apriyam: कर्तृ/विषय (predicate/topic with yad)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-priya (प्रिय-प्रातिपदिक with नञ्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (used substantively: “an unpleasant thing”)

• kiñcit: even a little / anything
• kiñcit: विशेषण-भाव (quantifier of apriyam)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiñcit (किम्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम; अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण)
• Form: अव्ययम्; परिमाण/अल्पत्व-बोधक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable: “a little/anything”)

• asampradhārya-kṛtam: done without due consideration / unknowingly
• asampradhārya-kṛtam: विशेषण (qualifier of apriyam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-sampradhārya (सम्+प्र+√धृ (धारणे) + ल्यप्; with नञ्) + kṛta (√कृ (करणे) + क्त)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुषः (asampradhāryaṃ kṛtam = “done without considering”); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (agreeing with apriyam)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: करण (agent/instrument in passive sense: by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; त्रितीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (instrumental: “by me”)

• syāt: might be / may have been
• syāt: क्रिया (verbal predicate of conditional clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्, भुवादि; “to be”)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम् (may be / should be)

• tava: your / of you
• tava: सम्बन्ध (possessor/related to address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (genitive: “of you/your”)

• dīrghabāho: O long-armed one
• dīrghabāho: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīrgha (दीर्घ) + bāhu (बाहु)
• Form: समासः: कर्मधारयः (दीर्घः बाहुः यस्य/दीर्घबाहुः); पुंलिङ्गम्; सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (vocative)

• kṣamasva: forgive / pardon
• kṣamasva: क्रिया (main injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣam (क्षमुँ, भ्वादि; “to forgive/endure”)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम् (forgive!)

• me: to me
• me: सम्प्रदान (recipient of forgiveness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (dative: “to me/for me”)

• tad: that (act/offence)
• tad: कर्म (object of kṣamasva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (object: “that”)

• harivaṃśanātha: O chief/lord of the monkey clan
• harivaṃśanātha: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari-vaṃśa (हरि + वंश) + nātha (नाथ)
• Form: समासः: तत्पुरुषः (हरिवंशस्य नाथः); पुंलिङ्गम्; सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (vocative)

• vrajāmi: I go / I approach
• vrajāmi: क्रिया (main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रजँ, भ्वादि; “to go/approach”)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); उत्तम-पुरुषः; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mūrdhnā: with (my) head
• mūrdhnā: करण (means/manner: with the head bowed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (मूर्धन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; तृतीया-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (instrumental: “with/on my head”)

• tava: your
• tava: सम्बन्ध (possessor of pādau)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (genitive)

• vīra: O hero / warrior
• vīra: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (वीर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः; एकवचनम् (vocative)

• pādau: (your) feet
• pādau: कर्म (object of vrajāmi: approach the feet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (पाद-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः; द्विवचनम् (accusative dual: “(two) feet”)

Context

'O long-armed chief of the monkey clan! O warrior! pardon me any wrong done unknowingly, inconsiderately. I touch your feet with my head.'

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Vāli

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Kṣamā (forgiveness) and humility are treated as dharma: acknowledging possible faults, seeking pardon, and offering reverence even at the moment of irreversible loss.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā, overwhelmed by Vāli’s impending death, asks forgiveness for any inadvertent wrong and bows to his feet.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Tārā’s humility and reverence—she chooses reconciliation and respect rather than accusation.