Shloka 45

Sāvitrī’s Report and Nārada’s Prognosis (सावित्र्याख्यान—सत्यवान्-गुणवर्णनं तथा अल्पायुषः पूर्वसूचना)

Devanagari script

ः है पर 524 / ४. हतेषु तेषु रक्ष:सु ततः शूर्पणखा पुनः । ययौ निकृत्तनासोष्ठी लड़कां भ्रातुर्निविशनम्‌,उन राक्षसोंके मारे जानेपर शूर्पणखा, जिसकी नाक और ओंठ काट लिये गये थे, पुनः लंकामें अपने भाई रावणके घर गयी

Transliteration

Hateṣu teṣu rakṣaḥsu tataḥ Śūrpaṇakhā punaḥ | yayau nikṛtta-nāsauṣṭhī Laṅkāṁ bhrātur niviśanam ||

Translation

その羅刹たちが討たれると、鼻と唇を切り落とされたシュールパナカーは、再びランカーへ赴き、兄の住まいへと向かった。

Word by Word

हतेषुwhen (they were) slain

तेषुin/among those

रक्षःसुamong the rākṣasas/demons

ततःthen/thereupon

शूर्पणखाŚūrpaṇakhā

पुनःagain

ययौwent

निकृत्त-नास-ओष्ठीshe whose nose and lips were cut off

लङ्काम्to Laṅkā

भ्रातुःof (her) brother

निवेशनम्dwelling/house

Speaker

(श्रीरम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śūrpaṇakhā

Laṅkā

Rāvaṇa

rākṣasas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical chain of cause and effect: harmful intent and transgressive desire invite severe consequences, and personal grievance—if carried to powerful allies—can intensify into broader violence. It cautions against letting injury become a motive for further adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the rākṣasas are killed, Śūrpaṇakhā—mutilated with her nose and lips cut—returns to Laṅkā and goes to her brother Rāvaṇa’s residence, setting the stage for further retaliation and escalation.