Shloka 14

सुपर्णागमनम्

Garuda’s Arrival and the Release from the Serpent-Arrow Bond

Devanagari script

जलक्लिन्नेनहस्तेनतयोर्नेत्रेप्रमृज्यच ।शोकसम्पीडितमनारुरोदविललापच ।।6.50.14।।

Transliteration

jala-klinnena hastena tayor netre pramṛjya ca |

śoka-sampīḍita-manā ruroda vilalāpa ca ||

Translation

Mit wasserbenetzter Hand wischte er beiden die Augen; von Kummer niedergepresst, weinte er und klagte laut.

Word by Word

• जलक्लिन्नेन: wet with water
• जलक्लिन्नेन: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jala + klinna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जलेन क्लिन्नः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental singular; agrees with हस्तेन

• हस्तेन: with (his) hand
• हस्तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Masculine, Instrumental singular

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, द्विवचन; Pronoun, Genitive dual

• नेत्रे: eyes
• नेत्रे: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; Neuter, Accusative dual

• प्रमृज्य: having wiped
• प्रमृज्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त); absolutive “having wiped/cleaned”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction

• शोकसम्पीडितमना: whose mind was oppressed by grief
• शोकसम्पीडितमना: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śoka + sampīḍita + manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (शोकेन सम्पीडितं मनः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative singular; qualifies विभीषणः (understood)

• रुरोद: wept
• रुरोद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• विललाप: lamented
• विललाप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction

Context

Vibheeshana, wetting his hands with water cleaned the eyes of Rama and Lakshmana. Tormented with pain he cried aloud.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Water

FAQs

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

Dharma includes seva and human tenderness: caring for the afflicted (even in war) is righteous conduct, not weakness.

What is the narrative situation?

Seeing the brothers wounded, Vibhīṣaṇa physically tends to them by wiping their eyes and breaks into grief.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassion expressed through service—grief becomes an impetus for care rather than paralysis.