Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति षड्रात्रं रक्षतं राघवौ युवाम्।दीक्षां गतो ह्येष मुनिर्मौनित्वं च गमिष्यति।।।।

Transliteration

adyaprabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām | dīkṣāṃ gato hyeṣa munir maunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati ||

Translation

আজ থেকে তোমরা দুই রাঘব ছয় রাত্রি যজ্ঞরক্ষা করো। এই মুনি দীক্ষায় প্রবিষ্ট হয়েছেন এবং মৌনব্রতও পালন করবেন॥

Word by Word

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya + prabhṛti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; कालादि-प्रवृत्त्यर्थक अव्यय (from today onwards)

• षड्रात्रम्: six nights
• षड्रात्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (षट् रात्राणि) (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• रक्षतम्: protect (you two)
• रक्षतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (धातु: रक्ष्)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Dual)

• राघवौ: O Rāghavas (Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa)
• राघवौ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, द्विवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (Masculine, Vocative, Dual)

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Accusative, Dual)

• दीक्षाम्: initiation
• दीक्षाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• गतः: having entered/gone
• गतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु: गम्) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• मौनित्वम्: silence (vow)
• मौनित्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mauna + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• गमिष्यति: will undertake/enter
• गमिष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु: गम्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, Singular)

Context

"O sons of Raghu's lineage protect the sacrifice for six nights from to-day. With the ceremoney initiated, the sage would observe silence said the inmates".

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Viśvāmitra
• Dīkṣā (consecration)
• Yajña (implied)

FAQs

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

Dharma is cooperative responsibility: when a spiritual leader undertakes vows (dīkṣā, mauna), protectors must shoulder the external defense so the rite remains unbroken.

What is the narrative situation?

The āśrama community instructs the princes to guard the sacrifice for six nights because Viśvāmitra will be in consecration and silence.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reliability in service—Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are entrusted with sustained vigilance over time, not a single heroic moment.