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Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 95, Shloka 5

मन्दाकिनीनदीदर्शनम्

The Vision of the Mandākinī at Citrakūṭa

Devanagari script

मृगयूथनिपीतानि कलुषाम्भांसि साम्प्रतम्।तीर्थानि रमणीयानि रतिं सञ्जनयन्ति मे।।।।

Transliteration

mṛgayūthanipītāni kaluṣāmbhāṃsi sāmpratam | tīrthāni ramaṇīyāni ratiṃ sañjanayanti me ||

Translation

今もなお、鹿の群れが飲んだところでは水が濁っている。けれども、この麗しい渡し場や水辺の降り口は、わたしの心に歓びを呼び起こす。

Word by Word
मृग-यूथ-निपीतानिdrunk by herds of deer
मृग-यूथ-निपीतानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक) + यूथ (प्रातिपदिक) + निपीत (पा धातु, क्त/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘निपीत’ = ‘drunk’; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मृगयूथेन निपीतानि)
कलुष-अम्भांसिturbid waters
कलुष-अम्भांसि:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकलुष (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (कलुषानि अम्भांसि)
साम्प्रतम्just now / at present
साम्प्रतम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
तीर्थानिford-places / bathing-places
तीर्थानि:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन
रमणीयानिlovely
रमणीयानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरमणीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तीर्थानि)
रतिम्delight / pleasure
रतिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन
सञ्जनयन्तिproduce / generate
सञ्जनयन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + जनि/जन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘cause to arise/produce’
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (enclitic); ‘to me / for me’
Context

The herds of deer have just drunk water by descending down the landing places and the waters are still turbid. This sight produces great pleasure in me.

Characters & Entities
M
Mandākinī
M
mṛga (deer)
T
tīrtha (ford/landing place)

FAQs

Dharma is the disciplined gaze that sees goodness without demanding perfection: Rāma finds joy even in small, ordinary signs of life, reflecting inner steadiness and truthful acceptance of the forest’s reality.

Rāma points out that deer have recently drunk at the river’s fords, making the water slightly turbid, and yet he delights in the scene.

Prasāda (serene clarity) and adaptability—Rāma’s calm appreciation of simple, natural life during exile.

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