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Shloka 29

मन्थराप्रवेशः

Manthara Observes Ayodhya and Incites Kaikeyi

Devanagari script

पापेनानृतसान्त्वेन बाले नित्यसुखोचिते।रामं स्थापयता राज्ये सानुबन्धा हता ह्यसि।।।।

Transliteration

pāpenānṛtasāntvena bāle nityasukhocite | rāmaṃ sthāpayatā rājye sānubandhā hatā hy asi ||

Translation

يا بُنيّة، يا من اعتدتِ الدعةَ والسرورَ دائمًا: بتعزياتِ ذلك الآثمِ الكاذبة، وهو يُقيمُ راما في المُلك، لقد هلكتِ حقًّا أنتِ وكلُّ من يتعلّقُ بكِ (ومنهم ابنُكِ).

Word by Word
पापेनby the wicked one
पापेन:
कर्ता/करण (Agent/Instrument per context)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (usage), तृतीया (Instr/करण) एकवचन; ‘by the sinful one/through sin’ (context: by that wicked person)
अनृतfalse
अनृत:
विशेषण-उपपद (Qualifier within compound/समासाङ्ग)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपद; ‘false/untrue’
सान्त्वेनwith deceitful soothing words
सान्त्वेन:
करण (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसान्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr) एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: अनृतं सान्त्वं = deceitful appeasement
बालेO girl/child
बाले:
सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन
नित्यalways
नित्य:
विशेषण-उपपद (Qualifier within compound/समासाङ्ग)
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासपूर्वपद; ‘always’
सुखcomfort
सुख:
सम्बन्ध (Relation within compound/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद; ‘comfort/pleasure’
उचितेaccustomed to constant comfort
उचिते:
सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootउचित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘accustomed/fit’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: नित्यसुखे उचिते = accustomed to constant comfort
रामम्Rama
रामम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/कर्म) एकवचन
स्थापयताby (him) installing
स्थापयता:
कर्ता (Agent/कर्तृ)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) + णिच् + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr/कर्तृ) एकवचन; ‘by (him) who is installing’
राज्येin the kingdom
राज्ये:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc/अधिकरण) एकवचन
सानुबन्धाalong with (your) dependents
सानुबन्धा:
विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘त्वम्’ implied)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + अनुबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; उपपद-समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः: सह अनुबन्धेन = along with consequences/retinue (context: along with your son/associates)
हताruined
हता:
विधेय (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘ruined/slain’
हिsurely
हि:
निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (indeed/surely)
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Context

O senseless lady, you are always accustomed to comfort. With deceitful words of appeasement that vicious one (King Dasaratha) is going to install Rama in the kingdom. You along with your son have been surely ruined.

Characters & Entities
M
Mantharā
K
Kaikeyī
D
Daśaratha
R
Rāma
B
Bharata

FAQs

It condemns anṛta (untruth) used as consolation; dharma requires satya in counsel and restraint from manipulative speech that harms family harmony.

Mantharā culminates her argument by asserting that Kaikeyī and Bharata’s future is destroyed if Rāma is installed as heir-apparent.

Self-control and clarity are implicitly needed; the verse shows how comfort and insecurity can be exploited to derail right judgment.

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