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Shloka 20

आरण्यकाण्डे चतुस्त्रिंशः सर्गः

Śūrpaṇakhā Reports to Rāvaṇa; Rāma’s Might and Sītā’s Description

Devanagari script

तां तु विस्तीर्णजघनां पीनश्रोणिपयोधराम्।भार्यार्थे च तवानेतुमुद्यताहं वराननाम्।।।।विरूपितास्मि क्रूरेण लक्ष्मणेन महाभुज।

Transliteration

tāṁ tu vistīrṇajaghanāṁ pīnaśroṇipayodharām |

bhāryārthe ca tavānetum udyatāhaṁ varānanām ||

virūpitāsmi krūreṇa lakṣmaṇena mahābhuja |

Translation

Jene Frau—mit breiten Hüften, vollen Schenkeln und Brüsten, von schönem Antlitz—machte ich mich auf, sie dir als Gattin zu bringen. Doch, o du mit mächtigen Armen, der grausame Lakṣmaṇa hat mich entstellt.

Word by Word
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; sarvanāma
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formavadhāraṇa/viśeṣa-nipāta (particle: contrast/emphasis)
विस्तीर्ण-जघनाम्having broad hips/thighs
विस्तीर्ण-जघनाम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvistīrṇa (कृदन्त, √stṛ/स्तॄ) + jaghana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya/tatpuruṣa sense ‘vिस्तीर्णं जघनं यस्याः’; used as viśeṣaṇa of ताम्
पीन-श्रोणि-पयोधराम्with full hips and breasts
पीन-श्रोणि-पयोधराम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpīna (प्रातिपदिक) + śroṇi (प्रातिपदिक) + payodhara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; samāhāra-dvandva/tatpuruṣa-like descriptive compound; viśeṣaṇa of ताम्
भार्या-अर्थेfor (making her) a wife
भार्या-अर्थे:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; hetu/uddeśya sense ‘for the purpose of (as) wife’
चand
च:
Sambandha (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formsamuccaya-nipāta (conjunction)
तवfor you / your
तव:
Sambandha/Ṣaṣṭhī (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormṢaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; pronoun
आनेतुम्to bring
आनेतुम्:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Root√nī (नी) with ā- (धातु)
Formtumun-anta (infinitive/तुमुन्), ‘to bring’; expresses purpose with उद्यता
उद्यताready, intent
उद्यता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootud + √yam (यम्) (कृदन्त)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta/ktavatu sense ‘ready/intent’; agrees with अहम् (speaker as feminine)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPrathamā, Ekavacana; pronoun
वर-आननाम्beautiful-faced
वर-आननाम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ताम्
विरूपिताdisfigured
विरूपिता:
Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi + √rūp (रूप्) (कृदन्त)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kta (past passive participle)
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/present), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
क्रूरेणby the cruel
क्रूरेण:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrūra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of लक्ष्मणेन
लक्ष्मणेनby Lakshmana
लक्ष्मणेन:
Kartṛ (कर्ता) in passive / Agent (कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; agent in passive
महाबाहो/महाभुजO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो/महाभुज:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + bāhu/bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Sambodhana (vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi ‘one whose arms are great’
Context

O mighty-armed one ! I have been disfigured by cruel Lakshmana as I was attempting to bring that lady of broad thighs, pointed breasts, heavy hips and a beautiful face to make her your wife.

Characters & Entities
S
Sītā (implied as 'tām')
L
Lakṣmaṇa
R
Rāvaṇa (addressed as mahābhuja)

FAQs

It reflects consequences of violating dharma: attempting to seize another’s wife leads to conflict and harm; the Ramayana frames protection of marital integrity as part of righteous order.

Śūrpaṇakhā recounts to Rāvaṇa that when she tried to bring Sītā for him, Lakṣmaṇa punished her, leaving her disfigured.

Lakṣmaṇa’s protective loyalty to Rāma and Sītā is implied—defending the household’s dharma against an aggressor.

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