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Valmiki Ramayana 2.50.34: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50, Shloka 34

गङ्गादर्शनम् तथा गुहसमागमः

Vision of the Gaṅgā and Meeting with Guha

स शृत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं रामं विषयमागतम् ।

वृद्धैः परिवृतोऽमात्यैः ज्ञातिभिश्चाभ्युपागतः ॥३४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.50.34

sa śrutvā puruṣavyāghraṃ rāmaṃ viṣayam āgatam |

vṛddhaiḥ parivṛto ’mātyaiḥ jñātibhiś cābhyupāgataḥ ||34||

जब गुह को सुना कि राम आया है उसके इलाके में, वो मिलने निकला। राम को लोग शेर जैसे बोलते थे। गुह अपने बड़े-बड़े साथियों, मंत्रियों और रिश्तेदार के साथ आया।

सःhe (Guha)
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive), 'having heard'
पुरुष-व्याघ्रम्the tiger among men
पुरुष-व्याघ्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; idiom 'tiger among men' (epithet of Rama)
रामम्Rama
रामम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विषयम्(his) region
विषयम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविषय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'territory/region'
आगतम्arrived
आगतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying रामम्
वृद्धैःby elders
वृद्धैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; 'by the elders'
परिवृतःsurrounded
परिवृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि + वृत् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'surrounded'
अमात्यैःby ministers
अमात्यैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअमात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
ज्ञातिभिःby kinsmen
ज्ञातिभिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction
अभ्युपागतःapproached
अभ्युपागतः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + उप + आ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having approached/come near'

Having come to know that Rama, the best among men, had arrived in his region Guha accompanied by senior ministers and people of his clan came to greet him.

G
Guha
R
Rāma
E
elders
M
ministers
K
kinsmen

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Dharma as hospitality and honoring the virtuous: Guha fulfills a ruler’s duty by personally welcoming a righteous guest with proper attendants.

Guha learns of Rāma’s arrival and comes with his elders and ministers to greet him formally.

Respectful leadership: Guha shows humility, readiness to serve, and political propriety in receiving Rāma.

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