Shloka 6

वैवाहिकसंबन्ध

निश्चयः / Fixing the Mithila–Ayodhya Marital Alliance

Devanagari script

भरतस्य कुमारस्य शत्रुघ्नस्य च धीमत:।वरयामस्सुते राजन् तयोरर्थे महात्मनो:।।।।

Transliteration

bharatasya kumārasya śatrughnasya ca dhīmataḥ | varayāmas sute rājan tayor arthe mahātmanoḥ ||

Translation

হে রাজন! কুমার ভরত এবং ধীমান শত্রুঘ্ন—এই দুই মহাত্মা রাজপুত্রের জন্য আমরা সেই কন্যাদ্বয়কে বধূ-রূপে বরণ করি।

Word by Word

• bharatasya: of Bharata
• bharatasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध) with kumārasya / (implied) for him
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana

• kumārasya: of the prince
• kumārasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana; appositional genitive to bharatasya

• śatrughnasya: of Shatrughna
• śatrughnasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatrughna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avyaya

• dhīmataḥ: wise
• dhīmataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Ekavacana; adjective qualifying śatrughnasya (and/or both)

• varayāmaḥ: we choose/seek
• varayāmaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृ) (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra, Uttama-puruṣa Bahuvacana, Parasmaipada

• sute: two daughters
• sute: Karma (कर्म) of varayāmaḥ
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā Dvivacana (accusative dual)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sambodhana Ekavacana, Puṃliṅga

• tayoḥ: for the two (of them)
• tayoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध) with arthe
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī Dvivacana (genitive dual)

• arthe: for the sake
• arthe: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī Ekavacana used in sense of purpose/interest (arthe = 'for the sake of')

• mahātmanoḥ: of the great-souled (two)
• mahātmanoḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of tayoḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī Dvivacana; karmadhāraya: 'mahān ātmā yayoh' (great-souled) qualifying tayoḥ

Context

O king! we choose your brother's daughters for the great souls: the young Bharata and the sagacious Satrughna.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Janaka
• Bharata
• Śatrughna

FAQs

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

Dharma is served through orderly, socially sanctioned alliance: elders and sages arrange marriages for the welfare of princes and the stability of royal lineages.

What is the narrative situation?

The sage specifies that Bharata and Śatrughna are to marry Kuśadhvaja’s daughters, completing a fourfold marital alliance with Mithilā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The princes’ mahātmatā (nobility of spirit) and Śatrughna’s dhīmatā (wisdom) are foregrounded as merits befitting such alliances.