Valmiki Ramayana 1.60.11-12: Bala Kanda, Sarga 60, Shlokas 11-12

त्रिशङ्कुस्वर्गारोহণम् · Trishanku’s Bodily Ascent and the New Constellations

Devanagari script

नाभ्यागमंस्तदाहूता भागार्थं सर्वदेवताः ॥११॥

ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टो विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः ।

स्रुवमुद्यम्य सक्रोधस्त्रिशङ्कुमिदमब्रवीत् ॥१२॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 1.60.11-12

Transliteration

nābhyāgaman tadāhūtā bhāgārthaṃ sarvadevatāḥ ||11||

tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ |

sruvam udyamya sakrodhas triśaṅkum idam abravīt ||12||

Translation

भगवान लोगों को बुलाया गया था अपना हिस्सा लेने के लिए, लेकिन वो नहीं आए। यह देख के विश्वामित्र बहुत गुस्से में आ गए। उन्होंने अपना लैडल उठाया और त्रिशंकु से बोले।

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Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Temporal
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अवधि-अव्यय (correlative: 'as long as')

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• धरिष्यन्ति: will endure / will last
• धरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• तिष्ठन्तु: let (them) remain
• तिष्ठन्तु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karta (कर्ता) (subject of तिष्ठन्तु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of (understood) नक्षत्राणि/वस्तूनि

• सर्वशः: in every way / entirely
• सर्वशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाण-अव्यय (adverb: 'entirely/in every way')

• मत्कृतानि: created by me
• मत्कृतानि: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी) + कृत (कृ धातु + क्त) (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मया कृतानि

• सुराः: O gods / the gods
• सुराः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन) (contextual address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (addressing sense by context)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण of सुराः

• तत्: therefore
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तदर्थे/हेतौ अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (particle: 'therefore/for that')

• अनुज्ञातुम्: to consent
• अनुज्ञातुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन) / Purpose
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + ज्ञा (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमन्त (infinitive): 'to permit/consent'

• अर्हथ: you should / please deign
• अर्हथ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

Context

When, the gods invited by him did not come to receive their share of offerings, the great ascetic Viswamitra seized with anger lifted the sacrificial ladle and said to Trisanku:

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Triśaṅku
• sruva (sacrificial ladle)

FAQs

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

It underlines how dharmic projects may face institutional resistance; the ethical challenge is to respond without losing moral balance, even when one feels justified.

What is the narrative situation?

This is a reiteration/overlap in the Southern Recension numbering: the same event is indexed again as 1.60.12 while referring back to 1.60.11.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Unyielding resolve—Viśvāmitra proceeds to act through his tapas when conventional divine participation fails.