Shloka 8

विश्वामित्रस्य यज्ञरक्षा-याचना

Visvamitra Requests Rama for Yajna-Protection

Devanagari script

स्वपुत्रं राजशार्दूल रामं सत्यपराक्रमम्।।।।काकपक्षधरं शूरं ज्येष्ठं मे दातुमर्हसि।

Transliteration

svaputraṃ rājaśārdūla rāmaṃ satyaparākramam | kākapakṣadharaṃ śūraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ me dātum arhasi ||

Translation

হে রাজশার্দূল, আপনার নিজ পুত্র—জ্যেষ্ঠ, বীর, কাকপক্ষধারী ও সত্যপরাক্রমী রামকে—আমার হাতে অর্পণ করা আপনার পক্ষে যথোচিত।

Word by Word

• svaputram: your son
• svaputram: Karma (कर्म) (of dātum)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; समासः: sva-putra = 'own/your son'

• rājaśārdūla: O tiger among kings
• rājaśārdūla: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana; 'tiger among kings'

• rāmam: Rāma
• rāmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; apposition to svaputram

• satyaparākramam: of true prowess
• satyaparākramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya + parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective qualifying "rāmam"; समासः: satyaḥ parākramaḥ yasya / satye parākrame (determinative)

• kākapakṣadharam: wearing sidelocks
• kākapakṣadharam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāka-pakṣa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective of Rāma; 'wearing crow-wing (sidelocks)'

• śūram: valiant
• śūram: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective of Rāma

• jyeṣṭham: eldest
• jyeṣṭham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyeṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; adjective of Rāma

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana; enclitic dative

• dātum: to give/entrust
• dātum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन) / Kriyārtha
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Tumun infinitive (तुमुन्)

• arhasi: you ought / it is proper for you
• arhasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ present; Madhyamapuruṣa (2nd/मध्यमपुरुष), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

Context

The (solemn) vow for observance of religious rites being thus interrupted, I left that country as an exerted and discouraged man.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Daśaratha
• Rāma

FAQs

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

Rajadharma includes honoring a sage’s righteous request and supporting the protection of sacred rites, even when it requires personal sacrifice.

What is the narrative situation?

Viśvāmitra formally asks Daśaratha to send his eldest son Rāma with him for safeguarding the sacrifice.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s dependable valor (satya-parākrama) is emphasized, and Daśaratha’s virtue of duty-bound generosity is implicitly invoked.