Shloka 22

शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम्

Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva

Devanagari script

तर्पयित्वा सहस्राक्षस्सलिलेन वसुन्धराम्।निर्वर्तयित्वा सस्यानि कृतकर्मा व्यवस्थितः।।

Transliteration

tarpayitvā sahasrākṣaḥ salilena vasundharām | nirvartayitvā sasyāni kṛtakarmā vyavasthitaḥ ||

Translation

সহস্রাক্ষ ইন্দ্র জল দ্বারা বসুন্ধরাকে তৃপ্ত করে, শস্যসমূহ পরিপক্ব করিয়া; কর্তব্য সম্পন্ন করে এখন স্থিরভাবে অবস্থান করিতেছেন।

Word by Word

• tarpayitvā: having satisfied
• tarpayitvā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tṛp (तृप्) (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) + क्त्वा (absolutive): तर्पयित्वा = having satisfied

• sahasrākṣaḥ: Indra (thousand-eyed)
• sahasrākṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'सहस्रम् अक्षाणि यस्य' (thousand-eyed)

• salilena: with water
• salilena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vasundharām: the earth
• vasundharām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• nirvartayitvā: having produced/completed
• nirvartayitvā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√vṛt (वृत्) (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) + क्त्वा (absolutive): निर्वर्तयित्वा = having brought about/completed

• sasyāni: crops
• sasyāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• kṛta-karmā: having done his task
• kṛta-karmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ कृ) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: 'कृतं कर्म यस्य' (one who has done his duty)

• vyavasthitaḥ: stood settled; remained
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (स्था) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त: 'स्थित' (settled/standing firm)

Context

'Having satisfied the earth with abundant rain water and having fulfilled the task of ripening the crops, the thousand-eyed Indra has done his duty, has settled down now.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Indra (Sahasraksha)
• Earth (Vasundhara)

FAQs

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

Dharma is duty performed to completion: even the cosmic ruler (Indra) is portrayed as acting, finishing the task, and then resting—an example for human obligation and follow-through.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama marks the end of the rainy season and uses nature’s rhythm to underline that the time for promised action has arrived.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sense of timing and duty-consciousness—reading the moral lesson of nature as a call to human responsibility.