Shloka 27

ताराविलापः

Tārā’s Lament over Vāli

Devanagari script

इष्ट्वा सङ्ग्रामयज्ञेन रामप्रहरणाम्भसि।अस्मिन्नवभृथे स्नातः कथं पत्न्या मया विना।।

Transliteration

iṣṭvā saṅgrāmayajñena rāmapraharaṇāmbhasi | asminn avabhṛthe snātaḥ kathaṃ patnyā mayā vinā ||

Translation

你既以战争为祭（yajña）而奉献，又在罗摩武器之水中沐浴，如同终礼的阿婆婆利他（avabhṛtha）浴——你怎能不带我这妻子而独自沐浴？

Word by Word

• iṣṭvā: having sacrificed/performed
• iṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yaj (धातु: यज्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), avyaya usage; prior action

• saṅgrāma-yajñena: by/with the war-sacrifice
• saṅgrāma-yajñena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅgrāma (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय sense) 'war-sacrifice'; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• rāma-praharaṇa-ambhasi: in the water of Rama's arrow/weapon
• rāma-praharaṇa-ambhasi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + praharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ambhas (प्रातिपदिक: अम्भस्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa chain (षष्ठी) 'in the water of Rama's weapon'; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक: इदम्)
• Form: Pronoun, Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• avabhṛthe: in the concluding bath (of a sacrifice)
• avabhṛthe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avabhṛtha (प्रातिपदिक: अवभृथ)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• snātaḥ: (you) have bathed
• snātaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु: स्ना) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively with implied 'asi'

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: Interrogative adverb (प्रश्न-अव्यय)

• patnyā: with (your) wife
• patnyā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक: पत्नी)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• mayā: with me
• mayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक: अस्मद्)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; preposition-like particle governing instrumental (तृतीया-योग्य)

Context

'You have performed a war-sacrifice. You have bathed in the waters of Rama's weapon signifying the end of the sacrifice. How did you take this customary bath without me, your wife?

Characters & Entities

• Tārā
• Vāli
• Rāma

FAQs

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

The verse uses sacrificial imagery to stress the gravity of violent action and its aftermath; dharma warns that war’s ‘ritual completion’ brings irreversible separation and suffering.

What is the narrative situation?

Tārā laments Vāli’s death by comparing the battle to a sacrifice, with the fatal arrow as the ‘water’ of the final bath.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Marital solidarity—Tārā’s grief is framed as the rupture of shared life and shared rites.