Shloka 26

ताराविलापः

Tārā’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

अहं पुत्रसहाया त्वामुपासे गतचेतसम्।सिंहेन निहतं सद्यो गौस्सवत्सेव गोवृषम्।।

Transliteration

ahaṃ putrasahāyā tvām upāse gatacetasam | siṃhena nihataṃ sadyo gauḥ savatsā iva govṛṣam ||

Translation

我将与您的儿子一同守在您身旁，纵然您的神识已离去——如同母牛携犊，仍立在那刚被狮子击倒的雄壮公牛旁。

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• putra-sahāyā: with (my) son as companion
• putra-sahāyā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + sahāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (सह-सम्बन्ध) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with implied speaker (wife)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक: युष्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• upāse: I attend/serve
• upāse: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa+ās (धातु: उप+आस्)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person/उत्तम), Singular, Ātmanepada

• gata-cetasam: one whose consciousness is gone
• gata-cetasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त: गम्) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक: चेतस्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव) sense 'whose mind has gone'; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; qualifies 'tvām'

• siṃhena: by a lion
• siṃhena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक: सिंह)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• nihatam: killed/struck down
• nihatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni+han (धातु: नि+हन्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कर्मणि), Masculine, Accusative, Singular; qualifies 'govṛṣam'

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of time

• gauḥ: a cow
• gauḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक: गो)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• savatsā: with her calf
• savatsā: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-vatsa (प्रातिपदिक: सवत्सा)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (सह/सहित) 'with calf'; Feminine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies 'gauḥ'

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; simile marker (उपमा-वाचक)

• go-vṛṣam: the bull (leader) of the herd
• go-vṛṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक: वृष)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी) 'bull of cows/leading bull'; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Context

'Just like a cow followed by its calf would attend upon a mighty bull struck by a lion I will wait with my son upon you who have lost consciousness (died).

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Aṅgada
• Vāli

FAQs

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

Steadfast loyalty and care for family—even when hope is gone—are upheld as dharmic responses to calamity and death.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā declares she and Aṅgada will stay by Vāli’s body, expressing fidelity and grief through a pastoral simile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Fidelity and protective care—Tārā’s commitment includes both spouse and child, emphasizing duty amid loss.