Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कथं राजास्थितो धर्मे परदारान्परामृशेत्।रक्षणीया विशेषेण राजदारा महाबल।।।।

Transliteration

kathaṃ rājā sthito dharme paradārān parāmṛśet |

rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rājadārā mahābala ||

Translation

¿Cómo podría un rey firme en el dharma ultrajar la esposa ajena? La consorte del rey, por encima de todo, debe ser protegida con especial cuidado, oh poderoso.

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: Praśna-avyaya (प्रश्न-अव्यय), interrogative adverb

• राजा: a king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• स्थितः: abiding
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kta-participle; Pumliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; qualifies rājā

• धर्मे: in righteousness
• धर्मे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• परदारान्: another's wives
• परदारान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para-dāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: परस्य दाराः; Pumliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana

• परामृशेत्: should touch/violate
• परामृशेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: para-ā-√mṛś (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

• रक्षणीया: should be protected
• रक्षणीया: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु) + anīya (अनीय)
• Form: Anīya-gerundive (अनीय-कृदन्त, 'to be protected'); Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (agreeing with rājadārāḥ understood)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; adverbial instrumental

• राजदारा: king's wives
• राजदारा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-dārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: राज्ञः दाराः; Pumliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• महाबल: O mighty one
• महाबल: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya; Sambodhana, Ekavacana (address)

Context

I will not let you take away the auspicious, lotus-eyed Sita, the dear consort of Rama as long as I am alive.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Sītā
• Rāma

FAQs

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

A ruler’s dharma includes restraint and protection: power must not become license to violate others, and royal women are to be safeguarded as part of public order.

What is the narrative situation?

Jatāyu rebukes Rāvaṇa’s act as a contradiction of kingship and righteousness, appealing to norms of rajadharma.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral reasoning and admonition: Jatāyu confronts wrongdoing with principled argument, not merely anger.