Shloka 36

पुष्पकविमानवर्णनम्

Description of the Pushpaka Vimana and Ravana’s Inner Palace

Devanagari script

तत्प्रसुप्तं विरुरुचे निश्शब्दान्तरभूषणम्।निःशब्दहंसभ्रमरं यथा पद्मवनं महत्।।5.9.36।।

Transliteration

tat prasuptaṁ viruruce niśśabdāntarabhūṣaṇam |

niḥśabdahaṁsabhramaraṁ yathā padmavanaṁ mahat ||5.9.36||

Translation

眠りにつくと、飾りのかすかな鈴音も絶え、いよいよ美しく見えた――それは、白鳥も蜂も静まり返る広大な蓮の林のようであった。

Word by Word

• तत्: that (group/scene)
• तत्: विशेष्य/निर्देश
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here deictic with prasuptam

• प्रसुप्तम्: asleep
• प्रसुप्तम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'प्रसुप्त'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विरुरुचे: shone/appeared beautiful
• विरुरुचे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु) with वि-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• निःशब्द-अन्तर-भूषणम्: with the inner sounds of ornaments stilled
• निःशब्द-अन्तर-भूषणम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'निःशब्दम् अन्तरम् यस्य भूषणम्' i.e., ornaments with inner sound stilled

• निःशब्द-हंस-भ्रमरम्: with silent swans and bees
• निःशब्द-हंस-भ्रमरम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःशब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + हंस (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्रमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'निःशब्दाः हंसाश्च भ्रमराश्च यस्मिन्' (sense close to द्वन्द्व inside)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: उपमा-सूचक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय

• पद्मवनम्: a lotus-grove
• पद्मवनम्: उपमान (Upamāna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पद्मानां वनम्)

• महत्: great
• महत्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective qualifying पद्मवनम्

Context

Fast asleep, sounds of their ornaments silenced, the young women looked like a largebed of lotuses with swans and bees sitting calm without their usual noise.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• swans (haṁsa)
• bees (bhramara)
• ornaments (bhūṣaṇa)

FAQs

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

Dharma is aligned with śānti (quietude) and self-restraint: silence and stillness are presented as a kind of beauty, supporting the idea that calmness aids right action and clear perception.

What is the narrative situation?

With everyone asleep, the chamber becomes quiet; the narrator likens the sleeping scene to a silent lotus-grove.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s contemplative observation—he interprets what he sees with measured attention, not agitation.