Shloka 5

वर्षावर्णनम्

The Monsoon Description and Rama’s Counsel on Timing

Devanagari script

सन्ध्यारागोत्थितैस्ताम्रैरन्तेष्वधिक पाण्डरैः।स्निग्धैरभ्रपटच्छेदैर्बद्धव्रणमिवाम्बरम्।।

Transliteration

sandhyārāgotthitais tāmrair anteṣv adhika-pāṇḍaraiḥ | snigdhair abhrapaṭacchedair baddha-vraṇam ivāmbaram ||

Translation

Le ciel ressemble à une blessure pansée : enveloppé de luisantes bandes de nuages, plus pâle au centre et bordé d’un rouge cuivré, teinté par l’éclat du crépuscule.

Word by Word

• sandhyā-rāga-utthitaiḥ: arisen from twilight’s redness
• sandhyā-rāga-utthitaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sandhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāga (प्रातिपदिक) + utthita (√sthā + उत् + क्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘arisen from twilight-redness’; Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural; qualifies tāmraiḥ

• tāmraiḥ: reddish
• tāmraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural; qualifies abhra-paṭa-cchedaiḥ

• anteṣu: at the edges
• anteṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Plural; ‘at the ends/edges’

• adhika-pāṇḍaraiḥ: very pale/whitish
• adhika-pāṇḍaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhika (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇḍara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya ‘excessively pale’; Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural; qualifies abhra-paṭa-cchedaiḥ

• snigdhaiḥ: glossy, smooth
• snigdhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural; qualifies abhra-paṭa-cchedaiḥ

• abhra-paṭa-cchedaiḥ: with cloud-cloth fragments
• abhra-paṭa-cchedaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhra (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + cheda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘pieces (like) cloth of clouds’; Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural; means by which sky appears

• baddha-vraṇam: a bandaged wound
• baddha-vraṇam: Pratipādya (प्रतिपाद्य/predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baddha (√bandh + क्त) + vraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya ‘a bound/bandaged wound’; Neuter, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; predicate simile

• iva: like
• iva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, simile particle (उपमावाचक)

• ambaram: the sky
• ambaram: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; subject of implied ‘bhāti’

Context

'The sky looks as though its wounds are dressed with pale white moisture-laden bandage cloths of clouds, red in the border, tinged as they are with the glow of twilight.

Characters & Entities

• Twilight (sandhyā)

FAQs

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

It presents healing as a dharmic movement: injury is met with covering and care; similarly, social and personal harms are to be tended with patience and restorative action.

What is the narrative situation?

A twilight monsoon-sky description using a striking simile of bandaging.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Compassionate restoration: the image favors mending and protection over exposure or neglect.