Shloka 60

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request

Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse

Devanagari script

तत्र सीता मया दृष्टा रावणान्तःपुरे सती । उपवासतप:शीला भर्तदर्शनलालसा

Transliteration

tatra sītā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇāntaḥpure satī | upavāsatapaḥśīlā bhartṛdarśanalālasā ||

Translation

There I saw Sītā, the virtuous one, within Rāvaṇa’s inner palace. She was devoted to fasting and austerity, her whole longing fixed on the hope of seeing her husband again.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सीता: Sita
• सीता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• रावण: of Ravana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• अन्तःपुरे: in the inner apartments (harem/palace)
• अन्तःपुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सती: virtuous; chaste
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: शतृ/शानच् (present participle used adjectivally) / lexicalized as 'सती', Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपवास: fasting
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास
• Form: Masculine, Stem (as first member in compound), Singular

• तपः: austerity
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Stem (as first member in compound), Singular

• शीला: having the habit/nature (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शील
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भर्तृ: of (her) husband
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• दर्शन: seeing; sight
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Stem (as first member in compound), Singular

• लालसा: eager/longing (for)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लालसा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Sītā
• Rāvaṇa
• Rāvaṇa’s antaḥpura (inner palace quarters)