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Valmiki Ramayana 2.65.14Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 65, Shloka 14

अयोध्याकाण्डे पञ्चषष्टितमः सर्गः — Daśaratha’s Death Discovered in the Palace

Morning Rites Turn to Lament

ताः स्त्रियस्स्वप्नशीलज्ञाश्चेष्टासञ्चलनादिषुता वेपथुपरीताश्च राज्ञः प्राणेषु शङ्किताः।प्रतिस्रोतस्तृणाग्राणां सदृशं सञ्चकाशिरे।।।।

tāḥ striyaḥ svapnaśīlajñāś ceṣṭāsañcalanādiṣu |

tā vepathuparītāś ca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ |

pratisrotastṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ sañcakāśire ||

Jene Frauen, kundig darin, an Bewegung und anderen Zeichen den Schlaf zu erkennen, erbebten heftig, da sie um des Königs Leben fürchteten—wie Schilfspitzen, die sich gegen die Strömung stemmen.

ताःthose
ताः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
स्वप्नशीलज्ञाःknowing the ways of sleepers
स्वप्नशीलज्ञाः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वप्न-शील-ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; स्वप्न + शील + ज्ञ)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वप्नशीलस्य ज्ञाः = knowing the nature of sleep)
चेष्टा-सञ्चलन-आदिषुin actions, movements, etc.
चेष्टा-सञ्चलन-आदिषु:
अधिकरण (Lokative domain: 'in actions/movements etc.')
TypeNoun
Rootचेष्टा + सञ्चलन + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चेष्टा च सञ्चलनं च आदि च)
वेपथुपरीताःovercome with trembling
वेपथुपरीताः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेपथु-परित (प्रातिपदिक; वेपथु + परीत)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (वेपथुना परीताः = surrounded/overcome by trembling)
and
:
सम्बन्ध (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय
राज्ञःof the king
राज्ञः:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्राणेषुin/with regard to (his) life
प्राणेषु:
अधिकरण/विषय (Locative of concern: 'regarding life-breaths')
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
शङ्किताःapprehensive
शङ्किताः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशङ्क् (धातु) + क्त
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'apprehensive/suspecting'
प्रतिस्रोतस्against the current
प्रतिस्रोतस्:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Part of genitive compound phrase)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिस्रोतस् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति + स्रोतस्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाव-समास-प्रातिपदिक; here used as adjective to तृणाग्राणाम् (against the current)
तृणाग्राणाम्of the tips of reeds/grass
तृणाग्राणाम्:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive of comparison base)
TypeNoun
Rootतृण-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक; तृण + अग्र)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (तृणस्य अग्रं)
सदृशम्similar/like
सदृशम्:
प्रकार/उपमान (Comparative predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootसदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमानवाचक विशेषण (like/similar) used predicatively
सञ्चकाशिरेappeared/seemed
सञ्चकाशिरे:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-काश् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; अर्थ: 'appeared/shone/ seemed'

Those women knowledgeable in ascertaining the nature of sleep based on the actions, movements, etc. were apprehensive whether the king was alive or not. Trembling severely they seemed like the tips of reeds that stand against the current.

D
Daśaratha

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Dharma is the humane concern for another’s well-being: their trained attention turns into compassionate alarm when signs of life are absent.

The attendants realize the king’s condition is abnormal; their expertise in observing sleep fails to find reassuring signs, and fear intensifies.

Careful discernment (viveka) joined with empathy—reading subtle signs responsibly rather than ignoring danger.

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