Shloka 10

ताराविलापः

Tārā’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

अश्मसारमयं नूनमिदं मे हृदयं दृढम्।।भर्तारं निहतं दृष्ट्वा यन्नाद्य शतधा कृतम्।

Transliteration

aśma-sāra-mayaṃ nūnam idaṃ me hṛdayaṃ dṛḍham | bhartāraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā yan nādya śatadhā kṛtam ||

Translation

我的心必是坚硬如石；因为直到今日，见夫君被杀，它竟未碎裂成百片。

Word by Word

• अश्मसारमयम्: made of stone-hard essence
• अश्मसारमयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मसार + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्मसारस्य मयम् = made of stone/diamond-like stone) विशेषणम् (हृदयम्)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Nishcaya (निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय-अव्यय (surely)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हृदयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दृढम्: hard, firm
• दृढम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हृदयम्)

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निहतम्: killed
• निहतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (भर्तारम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (gerund/absolutive)

• यत्: since / that
• यत्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle: since/that)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)

• शतधा: into a hundred pieces
• शतधा: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in a hundred ways/pieces)

• कृतम्: made (i.e., broken)
• कृतम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (न कृतम् = has not been made/broken)

Context

'My heart is surely made of hard stone yet it has not split into a hundred pieces even on seeing my husband slain৷৷

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Vāli

FAQs

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

Satya in emotion: dharma includes truthful acknowledgement of grief and loss, not denial—lament becomes an honest moral witness to death.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā confronts Vāli’s corpse and expresses shock that she is still alive and not shattered by sorrow.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Emotional truthfulness and endurance—she speaks plainly while bearing unbearable grief.