Shloka 3

त्रिजटास्वप्नवर्णनम्

Trijata’s Dream-Omens and the Rakshasis’ Reversal

Devanagari script

अद्येदानीं तवानार्ये सीते पापविनिश्चये।राक्षस्यो भक्षयिष्यन्ति मांसमेतद्यथासुखम्।।5.27.3।।

Transliteration

adyedānīṁ tavānārye sīte pāpaviniścaye |

rākṣasyo bhakṣayiṣyanti māṁsam etad yathāsukham ||5.27.3||

Translation

„O Sītā, Unedle, in sündigem Entschluss verharrend! Heute, jetzt sogleich, werden diese Rākṣasī-Frauen dein Fleisch nach ihrem Belieben verzehren.“

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: Time adverb (काल-अव्यय)

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: Time adverb (काल-अव्यय)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• अनार्ये: O ignoble woman
• अनार्ये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• सीते: O Sita
• सीते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पापविनिश्चये: O one resolved on sin
• पापविनिश्चये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa-viniścaya (प्रातिपदिक; components: pāpa + viniścaya)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular; addressed as 'one whose resolve is evil'

• राक्षस्यः: the demonesses
• राक्षस्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• भक्षयिष्यन्ति: will eat/devour
• भक्षयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhakṣ (धातु)
• Form: Future (लृट्), 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifies मांसम्

• यथासुखम्: at their pleasure/as they like
• यथासुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva used adverbially (क्रियाविशेषण)

Context

"I saw the body of Ravana lying on the ground smeared with oil, clad in red, wearing a garland of lilies and intoxicated with drinking.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• rākṣasī (she-demons)

FAQs

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

The verse highlights adharma through cruel speech and intimidation against an innocent captive; by contrast, Ramayana’s dharma emphasizes restraint in speech (vāg-dharma) and protection of the vulnerable.

What is the narrative situation?

In Laṅkā’s Aśoka-grove, rākṣasī guards threaten Sītā with violence and cannibalistic harm to break her resolve and force submission.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s steadfastness (dhairya) and fidelity to righteousness are implied by the need for threats—her refusal to yield becomes the silent counterpoint to the rākṣasīs’ adharma.