Shloka 32

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा सह सौमित्रिरुपस्पृश्याथ राघव: । प्रतिशिश्ये जलनिधिं विधिवत्‌ कुशसंस्तरे,ऐसा कहकर लक्ष्मणसहित श्रीरामचन्द्रजीने आचमन करके समुद्रके तटपर कुशकी चटाई बिछाकर उसपर लेटकर विधिपूर्वक धरना दे दिया

Transliteration

ity uktvā saha saumitrir upaspṛśyātha rāghavaḥ | pratiśiśye jalanidhiṃ vidhivat kuśasaṃstare ||

Translation

Setelah berkata demikian, Rāghava bersama Saumitrī melakukan penyucian dengan menyeruput air. Lalu di tepi samudra ia membentangkan alas rumput kuśa; berbaring di atasnya, ia menjalankan tekad tapa (dharṇā) sesuai tata-ritus.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्त्वाhaving said

सहtogether with

सौमित्रिःSaumitri (Lakshmana)

उपस्पृश्यhaving sipped/washed (performing ācamana)

अथthen

राघवःRāghava (Rama)

प्रतिशिश्येlay down / reclined

जलनिधिम्the ocean (repository of waters)

विधिवत्according to rule, duly

कुशसंस्तरेon a bed/spread of kuśa-grass

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Markaṇḍeya

Rāghava (Rāma)

Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)

Jalanidhi (the ocean/sea)

Kuśa grass mat (kuśasaṃstara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronting a formidable obstacle, the righteous leader first adopts lawful, disciplined, and purified means—self-restraint, ritual propriety, and steadfast resolve—before resorting to force.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, Rāma, accompanied by Lakṣmaṇa, performs ācamana for purification and then lies on a kuśa-grass mat by the ocean, undertaking a formal observance (dharṇā) to compel a response or passage in a dharmic manner.