Shloka 5

Raghuvara’s Royal Consecration

Rāma’s Coronation and Familial Reconciliation

Devanagari script

एतन्मे संशयं छिंधि रघुनाथगुणोदयम् । यथावच्छृण्वते मह्यं कथयस्व प्रसादतः

Transliteration

etanme saṃśayaṃ chiṃdhi raghunāthaguṇodayam | yathāvacchṛṇvate mahyaṃ kathayasva prasādataḥ

Translation

ラグナータ（Raghunātha）の徳がいかに顕れ高まったか、そのことについての私の疑いを断ち切ってください。私は正しく聴聞いたしますゆえ、どうか慈悲をもって語り示してください。

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (this)

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Sampradana/Shashthi-Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (my/to me)

• संशयम्: doubt
• संशयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• छिन्धि: cut off/remove
• छिन्धि: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: छिद् (to cut, remove)

• रघुनाथगुणोदयम्: the manifestation of Raghunātha’s virtues
• रघुनाथगुणोदयम्: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघुनाथ + गुण + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: रघुनाथस्य गुणानाम् उदयः (rise/manifestation of Raghunātha’s virtues)

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: properly, in due manner)

• शृण्वते: (to me) who am listening / as I listen
• शृण्वते: Kriya (Subordinate/Participle-like finite)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: श्रु (to hear)

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to me)

• कथयस्व: tell (me)
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: कथय् (to tell)

• प्रसादतः: out of kindness
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/Motive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); “out of grace/favor”

Speaker

Unspecified in provided excerpt (a listener requests narration from the main narrator)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: etanme = etat + me; yathāvacchṛṇvate = yathāvat + śṛṇvate (assimilation: t + ś → cch).

Characters & Entities

• Raghunātha (Rāma)

FAQs

Who is Raghunātha in this verse?

Raghunātha refers to Lord Rāma, the descendant of the Raghu dynasty, praised for exemplary virtues.

What is the central request made in this śloka?

The speaker asks the narrator to remove their doubt and to narrate, accurately and graciously, the manifestation of Rāma’s virtues.

What ethical or devotional attitude does the verse model?

It models humble inquiry—listening attentively (yathāvat) and seeking instruction respectfully as a gift of grace (prasādataḥ).