Shloka 14

पुष्पकविमानयात्रा—सेतुबन्धादि-दर्शनम्

Pushpaka Aerial Journey and Survey of Sacred Landmarks

Devanagari script

अत्रमन्दोदरीनामभार्यातंपर्यदेवयत् ।।।।सपत्नीनांसहस्रेणसाग्रेणपरिवारिता ।

Transliteration

atra mandodarī nāma bhāryā taṃ paryadevayat | sapatnīnāṃ sahasreṇa sāgreṇa parivāritā ||

Translation

यहाँ मन्दोदरी नाम की उसकी पत्नी उसके लिए विलाप कर रही थी, और तट पर एक हज़ार सह-पत्नियों से घिरी हुई थी।

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मन्दोदरी: Mandodarī
• मन्दोदरी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दोदरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Specifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक निपात (indecl. ‘by name’)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पर्यदेवयत्: lamented (for)
• पर्यदेवयत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-देवय् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सपत्नीनाम्: of co-wives
• सपत्नीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• सहस्रेण: with a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument-means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• साग्रेण: together with the foremost (women)
• साग्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument-means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—सह अग्रेण (कर्मधारयः); अर्थः ‘with the foremost/with leaders’

• परिवारिता: surrounded
• परिवारिता: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

"Mandodari wife of Ravana, with a thousand cowives is on the seashore surrounded by associates."

Characters & Entities

• Mandodarī
• Rāvaṇa (implied by ‘his wife’ and lamentation)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes karuṇā (compassion) and realism: even the enemy’s household experiences grief; the epic acknowledges suffering without denying justice.

What is the narrative situation?

During the aerial viewing after the war, a location is indicated where Mandodarī mourns her slain husband.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s balanced righteousness—firm against adharma yet sensitive to the universal reality of sorrow.