Valmiki Ramayana 5.66.13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 66, Shloka 13

चूडामणि

दर्शनम् — Rama Receives Sita’s Token and Questions Hanuman

Devanagari script

शारद स्तिमिरोन्मुक्तो नूनं चन्द्रं इवांबुधैः।आवृतं वदनं तस्या न विराजति राक्षसैः।।।।

Transliteration

śāradas timiro-nmukto nūnaṃ candra ivāmbudaiḥ |

āvṛtaṃ vadanaṃ tasyā na virājati rākṣasaiḥ ||

Translation

まことに、彼女の顔は—闇を離れた秋の月のごときもの—雲のような羅刹に覆われれば、あるべき輝きを放たない。

Word by Word

• शारदः: autumnal
• शारदः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘autumnal’ (चन्द्रम् विशेषयति)

• स्तिमिरोन्मुक्तः: freed from gloom
• स्तिमिरोन्मुक्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तिमिर + उन्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक); उन्मुक्त = उद् + मुच् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘freed from darkness’

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयवाचक अव्यय (surely)

• चन्द्रम्: the moon
• चन्द्रम्: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; उपमानपद (as object of comparison)

• इव: like
• इव: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय

• अम्बुदैः: by clouds
• अम्बुदैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr), बहुवचन

• आवृतम्: covered
• आवृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘covered’

• वदनम्: face
• वदनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध निपात

• विराजति: shines
• विराजति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• राक्षसैः: by demons
• राक्षसैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr), बहुवचन

Context

Seeing the precious jewel, Rama's eyes were filled with tears. Overwhelmed with grief, he spoke to Sugriva.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Rākṣasas
• Moon (candra)

FAQs

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

Dharma is the recognition that goodness and purity are dimmed when surrounded by wrongdoing; the verse implicitly condemns the rākṣasas’ oppressive environment as adharma.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma imagines Sītā’s radiance being obscured by her captors, using the moon-and-cloud simile to express sorrow.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral perception and reverence—Rāma sees Sītā as inherently pure, with external evil merely veiling her light.