Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 97 Shloka 25 - Valmiki Ramayana | Japanese | Vedapath

Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97, Shloka 25

भरतागमनशङ्कानिवारणम् / Dispelling Suspicion about Bharata’s Arrival

Chitrakuta Encampment

Devanagari script

स एष सुमहाकायः कम्पते वाहिनीमुखे।नागश्शत्रुञ्जयो नाम वृद्धस्तातस्य धीमतः।।।।

Transliteration

sa eṣa sumahākāyaḥ kampate vāhinīmukhe | nāgaḥ śatruñjayo nāma vृद्धas tātasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

あそこだ、軍勢の先頭であの巨体の象が動いている。老いて、名をシャトルンジャヤといい、賢き父君の御持ち物だ。

Word by Word

सःhe/that one

एषःthis (here)

सुमहाकायःvery huge-bodied

कम्पतेtrembles/moves

वाहिनीमुखेat the front of the army

नागःelephant

शत्रुञ्जयः(one) named ‘Conqueror of enemies’

नामby name

वृद्धःaged/old

तातस्यof the father

धीमतःof the wise/sagacious

Context

There is that huge and aged elephant named Satrunjaya which belogns to our sagacious father proceeding at the head of the army.

Characters & Entities

Lakṣmaṇa

Rāma

Daśaratha

Śatruñjaya (elephant)

Army (vāhinī)

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

Dharma of truthful reporting: Lakṣmaṇa identifies concrete signs (the king’s elephant) to ground decisions in reliable evidence.

What is the narrative situation?

Lakṣmaṇa recognizes a distinctive royal elephant at the head of the approaching force, linking it to Daśaratha.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Practical intelligence and loyalty—he knows the royal insignia and communicates it to Rāma.