Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 30, Shloka 9

सिद्धाश्रम

यज्ञरक्षणम् — Protection of Viśvāmitra’s Sacrifice at Siddhāśrama

Devanagari script

सदर्भचमसस्रुक्का ससमित्कुसुमोच्चया।विश्वामित्रेण सहिता वेदिर्जज्वाल सर्त्विजा।।।।

Transliteration

sadarbha-camasa-srukkā sa-samit-kusumoccayā | viśvāmitreṇa sahitā vedir jajvāla sartvijā ||

Translation

L’autel flamboyait d’un vif éclat : garni d’herbe kuśa, de coupes et de louches, de fagots de bois d’allumage et d’amas de fleurs, avec Viśvāmitra et les prêtres officiants.

Word by Word

• स-दर्भ-चमस-स्रुक्का: with darbha grass, cups and ladles
• स-दर्भ-चमस-स्रुक्का: विशेषण (to वेदिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय ‘सह’) + दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + चमस (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रुक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-भावे ‘with’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वेदिम् विशेषयति

• स-समित्-कुसुम-उच्चया: with fuel-sticks and heaps of flowers
• स-समित्-कुसुम-उच्चया: विशेषण (to वेदिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय ‘सह’) + समित् (प्रातिपदिक) + कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक) + उच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-भावे); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वेदिम् विशेषयति

• विश्वामित्रेण: with Vishvamitra
• विश्वामित्रेण: सहकारक (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; सह-सम्बन्धे

• सहिता: accompanied
• सहिता: विशेषण (to वेदिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सह्/सह धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘accompanied/associated’

• वेदीः: the altar
• वेदीः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जज्वाल: blazed
• जज्वाल: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स-ऋत्विजा: with officiating priests
• स-ऋत्विजा: विशेषण (to वेदिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय ‘सह’) + ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सह-भावे); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वेदिम् विशेषयति

Context

The altar with Viswamitra and the officiating priests, kusa grass, ladles and squarevessels, bundles of sticks and flowers, (used in the sacrificfial fire) got brightened up.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vedi (sacrificial altar)
• Kuśa grass (darbha)
• Flowers (kusuma)

FAQs

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

Dharma as right order: the verse highlights the sanctity and proper arrangement of yajña, implying that social and cosmic well-being depend on truthful, correctly performed sacred duties.

What is the narrative situation?

The sacrificial scene is described in detail—priests, implements, offerings—while the altar-fire flares, indicating the rite’s potency and auspicious momentum.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sacred stewardship: Viśvāmitra and the priests embody disciplined guardianship of ritual truth (satya) and dharmic procedure.