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Shloka 30

रावणस्य अन्त्येष्टिः

Ravana’s Funeral Rites and the Ethics of Post-War Conduct

Devanagari script

सीतानिमित्तजोमृत्युस्त्वयादूरादुपाहृतः ।मैथिलीसहरामेणविशोकाविहरिष्यति ।।।।

Transliteration

sītā-nimittajo mṛtyus tvayā dūrād upāhṛtaḥ |

maithilī saha rāmeṇa viśokā vihariṣyati ||

Translation

Den Tod, der um Sītās willen entstand, hast du aus der Ferne herbeigeholt, als hättest du ihn selbst herbeigerufen. Maithilī wird, frei von Kummer, in Freude mit Rāma weilen.

Word by Word
सीताSita
सीता:
Hetu/Nimitta (हेतु/निमित्त)
TypeNoun
Rootसीता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Feminine, Nom/Acc Singular)
निमित्तcause, reason
निमित्त:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootनिमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc Singular); समासाङ्ग (compound member)
जःborn of, arising from
जः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootज (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् धातु-सम्भव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nom Singular); ‘-ज’ = ‘born from/caused by’
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Masculine, Nom Singular)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया एकवचन (Pronoun, Instrumental Singular)
दूरात्from far away
दूरात्:
Adhikarana/Desha (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverbial ablatival form used as indeclinable): ‘from afar’
उपाहृतःhas been brought (near)
उपाहृतः:
Karta-bhava in passive (कर्मणि कर्तृभावः)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-√हृ (धातु)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘brought/led near’
मैथिलीMaithili (Sita)
मैथिली:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमैथिली (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Feminine, Nom Singular)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahartha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सह-योगे (preposition/particle meaning ‘together with’)
रामेणwith Rama
रामेण:
Sahakari (सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental Singular)
विशोकाsorrowless
विशोका:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Feminine, Nom Singular); नञ्-तत्सम (vi- as privative): ‘without sorrow’
विहरिष्यतिwill roam/sport
विहरिष्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√हृ (धातु; विहर्)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg)
Context

"On account of abducting Sita, you invited death from a distance. Devoid of sorrow, Sita will sport with Rama."

Characters & Entities
S
Sītā (Maithilī)
R
Rāma
R
Rāvaṇa

FAQs

Adharma ‘invites’ its own punishment; Dharma restores the violated order. Truth is affirmed that wrongdoing toward the innocent rebounds upon the wrongdoer, while the righteous are ultimately reunited and relieved of grief.

After Rāvaṇa is slain, Mandodarī interprets the outcome: the abduction of Sītā became the cause of his death, and Sītā will return to Rāma free from sorrow.

Rāma’s steadfast righteousness (dharma-niṣṭhā) is implied: his cause prevails, leading to the restoration of Sītā’s well-being.

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