Shloka 23

Glory of Nīla Mountain and the Prelude to King Ratnagrīva’s Legend

Devanagari script

इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य जगाद सुमतिस्तदा । वक्ष्यमाणगुणागार रामचंद्र पदाब्जधीः

Transliteration

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya jagāda sumatistadā | vakṣyamāṇaguṇāgāra rāmacaṃdra padābjadhīḥ

Translation

এই বাক্য শুনে সুমতি তখন বললেন—যাঁর চিত্ত গুণনিধি শ্রী রামচন্দ্রের পদ্মচরণে নিবদ্ধ, যাঁর গুণগান এখন বলা হবে।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• वाक्यम्: statement/speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), एकवचन

• समाकर्ण्य: having heard
• समाकर्ण्य: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√कर्ण्/√श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• जगाद: said/spoke
• जगाद: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सुमतिः: Sumati (name)/good-minded one
• सुमतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• वक्ष्यमाणगुणागार: O abode of virtues to be described
• वक्ष्यमाणगुणागार: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्ष्यमाण (कृदन्त, √वच्) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative) एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: (वक्ष्यमाणाः गुणाः) यस्य आगारम्/आगारः इव; विशेषणरूपेण संबोधन

• रामचंद्र: O Ramachandra
• रामचंद्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative) एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय (रामः चन्द्र इव)

• पदाब्जधीः: one whose mind is on the lotus of (your) feet
• पदाब्जधीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (धी-शब्दः स्त्री), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पदस्य अब्जम् (पदाब्जम्) तत्र धीः यस्य/या

Speaker

Sumati

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सुमतिस्तदा = सुमतिः + तदा (विसर्गलोप); पदाब्जधीः = पद + अब्ज + धीः (समास).

Characters & Entities

• Sumati
• Rāmacandra (Rāma)

FAQs

Who is speaking in this verse and what triggers the speech?

Sumati is the speaker; she begins speaking after attentively hearing the preceding statement (“iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya”).

How does this verse emphasize Bhakti?

It portrays devotion through the phrase “rāmacaṃdra-padābja-dhīḥ,” indicating a mind/intellect anchored in Rāma’s lotus-feet—an emblem of focused, reverential bhakti.

What ethical or devotional lesson is implied by calling Rāma a “treasure-house of virtues”?

It presents Rāma as an ideal of character and dharma; praising and contemplating such a model encourages the listener to cultivate virtues and align conduct with dharmic ideals.