Shloka 28

अभिज्ञानवृत्तान्त-प्रत्यायनम्

Token of Recognition and the Crow–Brahmāstra Episode

Devanagari script

हत्वा च समरे रौद्रं रावणं सह बान्धवम्।।।।राघवस्त्वां वरारोहे स्वां पुरीं नयते ध्रुवम्।

Transliteration

hatvā ca samare raudraṃ rāvaṇaṃ saha bāndhavam |

rāghavas tvāṃ varārohe svāṃ purīṃ nayate dhruvam ||

Translation

O du Anmutige mit den schönen Hüften: Nachdem Rāghava im Kampf den grimmigen Rāvaṇa samt seinen Verwandten erschlagen hat, wird er dich gewiss in seine eigene Stadt heimführen.

Word by Word

• hatvā: having slain
• hatvā: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्तम् (absolutive), कर्तरि

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• raudram: fierce
• raudram: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (rāvaṇam)

• rāvaṇam: Ravana
• rāvaṇam: Karma (कर्म/object of hatvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• saha: with
• saha: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition: with)

• bāndhavam: his kinsmen
• bāndhavam: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समाहारार्थे (collectively: kinsmen)

• rāghavaḥ: Raghava (Rama)
• rāghavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vara-ārohe: O fair-hipped lady
• vara-ārohe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āroha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (varaḥ ārohaḥ yasyāḥ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; उपाधि

• svām: his own
• svām: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (purīm)

• purīm: city
• purīm: Karma (कर्म; destination as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• nayate: will lead/take
• nayate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (certainly)

Context

'O fair-hipped lady! Rama will slay fearsome Ravana and all his relatives and take you to his city. It is certain.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmān
• Sītā
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Rāvaṇa
• Laṅkā
• Ayodhyā (implied as Rāma’s city)

FAQs

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

Dharma culminates in restoration: wrongdoing is punished and the rightful order—family integrity and justice—is re-established.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanūmān foretells the outcome of the coming war: Rāma will defeat Rāvaṇa and reunite with Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s certainty of purpose and commitment to dharmic justice.