Shloka 12

रावणोत्पत्तिः—तपसा वरलाभश्च

Rāvaṇa’s Origins and the Acquisition of Boons

Devanagari script

ते सत्यमाहु: कर्तव्या दयास्माभिवनौकसाम्‌ | साष्टमासं हि नो वर्ष यदेतदुपयुड्क्ष्महे,“मेरी समझमें वे पशु ठीक कहते हैं। हमलोगोंको वनवासी हिंस्नर जीवोंपर भी दया करनी चाहिये। अबतक हमलोगोंको इस द्वैतवनमें रहते हुए एक वर्ष आठ महीने बीत चुके हैं

Transliteration

te satyam āhuḥ kartavyā dayāsmābhir vanaukāsām | sāṣṭamāsaṃ hi no varṣa yad etad upayuñkṣmahe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Those creatures speak the truth. We forest-dwellers ought to show compassion—even toward the violent beings of the wilderness. For by now, as we have been living in this Dvaitavana, a year and eight months have passed.”

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

सत्यम्truth

आहुःsaid / have said

कर्तव्याto be done / should be done

दयाcompassion

अस्माभिःby us

वनौकसाम्of forest-dwellers

सwith

अष्टमासम्eight months (as a measure of time)

हिindeed / for

नःof us / our

वर्षम्a year

यत्which / that

एतत्this

उपयुङ्क्ष्महेwe are undergoing / we are experiencing

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dvaitavana (Dvaita forest)

Sandhi Notes