Shloka 6

ताराविलापः

Tara’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

अतीव खलु ते कान्ता वसुधा वसुधाधिप।गतासुरपि यां गात्रैर्मां विहाय निषेवसे4.20.6।।

Transliteration

atīva khalu te kāntā vasudhā vasudhādhipa | gatāsur api yāṁ gātrair māṁ vihāya niṣevase || 4.20.6 ||

Translation

大地之主啊，大地本身想必比我更为你所钟爱；因为即使气息已绝，你仍舍我而以四肢紧贴于她。

Word by Word

• व्यक्तम्: clearly
• व्यक्तम्: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थ-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable usage: clearly/evidently)

• अन्या: another (woman)
• अन्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥-karaṇa (कर्तृ-करण/Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• धर्मतः: righteously
• धर्मतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्मतः (अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: according to dharma/righteously)

• सम्प्रवर्तिता: has been set up/undertaken
• सम्प्रवर्तिता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'set in motion/engaged'

• किष्किन्धा: Kishkindha
• किष्किन्धा: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किष्किन्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपमान (as standard of comparison)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय

• पुरी: city
• पुरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रम्या: delightful
• रम्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् पुरी

• स्वर्गमार्गे: on the path to heaven
• स्वर्गमार्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समास: स्वर्गस्य मार्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विनिर्मिता: built/constructed
• विनिर्मिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-निर्-मा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् पुरी

Context

'O lord of the earth! I know you loved the earth more than you loved me since you have forsaken me and enjoy her company by hugging her with your limbs, even after death.

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Vāli
• Vasudhā (Earth)

FAQs

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

It points to the satya of separation: death breaks worldly bonds. Dharma reflection is detachment and acceptance—recognizing that the body returns to earth regardless of personal desire.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā, overwhelmed, interprets Vāli’s lifeless embrace of the ground as if he were choosing Earth over her.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Tārā’s depth of love and poetic perception, expressing grief through metaphor.