Ramayana — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 35, Shloka 39

रामलक्षणवर्णनम्

Description of Rama and Lakshmana; Alliance Narrative to Sita

Devanagari script

तानि रामाय दत्तानि मयैवोपहृतानि च।स्वनवन्त्यवकीर्णानि तस्मिन्विगतचेतसि।।।।

Transliteration

tāni rāmāya dattāni mayaivopahṛtāni ca | svanavantyavakīrṇāni tasmin vigatacetasi ||

Translation

Perhiasan-perhiasan itu—akulah yang mengumpulkannya dan menyerahkannya kepada Śrī Rāma. Ketika kepingan-kepingan yang berkerincing itu tampak berserakan, beliau pun jatuh dalam keadaan kehilangan keteguhan hati.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (ornaments)
• तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म

• अङ्के: on (his) lap
• अङ्के: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• दर्शनीयानि: lovely/beautiful
• दर्शनीयानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: अनीयर् (gerundive; ‘to be seen/beautiful’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘तानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• कृत्वा: having placed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having placed/made’

• बहुविधम्: in many ways
• बहुविधम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative): ‘in many ways’

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृ/करण

• देवप्रकाशेन: by the divinely radiant one
• देवप्रकाशेन: Kartr (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + प्रकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: देव-प्रकाश (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय; ‘देववत् प्रकाशः’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘देवेन’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• देवेन: by the noble/divine one (Rama)
• देवेन: Kartr (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृ

• परिदेवितम्: lamented/wailed
• परिदेवितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + दिव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘lamented’

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Rāma
• Sītā (implied by context)
• Ornaments (ābharaṇāni)

FAQs

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

Dharma as truthful witnessing and service: Hanumān faithfully preserves and delivers evidence, supporting the righteous cause with integrity.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān narrates that he gathered the fallen ornaments and handed them to Rāma, whose grief surged upon seeing them.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s conscientious devotion (bhakti) and reliability as a messenger and helper.