Shloka 44

पुष्पकविमानवर्णनम्

Description of the Pushpaka Vimana and Ravana’s Inner Palace

Devanagari script

ताराणामिव सुव्यक्तं महतीनां शुभार्चिषाम्।प्रभावर्णप्रसादाश्च विरेजुस्तत्र योषिताम्।।5.9.44।।

Transliteration

tārāṇām iva suvyaktaṁ mahatīnāṁ śubhārciṣām | prabhā-varṇa-prasādāś ca virejus tatra yoṣitām || 5.9.44 ||

Translation

そこでは、女たちの光彩と色艶、そして優美な趣がはっきりと現れていた。吉祥の光を放つ大いなる星々のように。

Word by Word

• ताराणाम्: of stars
• ताराणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (उपमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā-vācaka indeclinable (उपमावाचक)

• सुव्यक्तम्: clearly
• सुव्यक्तम्: Vishesana (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: clearly)

• महतीनाम्: of great (women)
• महतीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (योषिताम्)

• शुभार्चिषाम्: of those with auspicious radiance
• शुभार्चिषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभार्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक: शुभ + अर्चिस्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समास: कर्मधारय (शुभा अर्चिः यसाम्) विशेषण (महतीनाम्/योषिताम्)

• प्रभावर्णप्रसादाः: luster, color, and grace
• प्रभावर्णप्रसादाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा-वर्ण-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; समास: द्वन्द्व (प्रभा च वर्णः च प्रसादः च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• विरेजुः: shone
• विरेजुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + राज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: राज् (to shine)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• योषिताम्: of the women
• योषिताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

Context

It was clear that the grace and lustre of those women looked brilliant like the lustre and grace of brilliant stars releasing an auspicious glow.

Characters & Entities

• women of the inner chambers
• stars (tārāḥ)

FAQs

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

Dharma-oriented reading distinguishes aesthetic description from endorsement: beauty is acknowledged as a fact of the world, while the epic’s larger ethical arc evaluates how such beauty is pursued, possessed, or misused.

What is the narrative situation?

The narrator continues describing the inner chambers that Hanumān has entered, emphasizing the women’s visible splendor through a star-simile.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s composure and discipline: he remains an observer, not a participant, keeping his mind aligned with duty.