Shloka 22

इन्द्रजितो मायासीतावधः

Indrajit’s Illusory Sita Episode and Hanuman’s Rebuke

Devanagari script

येच स्त्रीघातिनांलोकालोकवध्यैषुकुसतिताः ।।।।इहजीवितमुत्सृज्यप्रेत्यतान्प्रतिपत्स्यसे ।

Transliteration

ye ca strīghātināṃ lokā lokavadhyeṣu kusatitāḥ | iha jīvitam utsṛjya pretya tān pratipatsyase ||

Translation

女を殺す者のために定められ、世に断罪された者の群れに落とされる諸界――それがおまえの行き先だ。ここで命を捨て、死後はまさにその境涯へ堕ちるであろう。

Word by Word

• ये: those (which)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धे 'those which'

• च: and
• च: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• स्त्रीघातिनाम्: of woman-killers
• स्त्रीघातिनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीघातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय: स्त्रीं घातयति इति); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• लोकवध्येषु: among those to be slain by the world
• लोकवध्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकवध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: लोकस्य वध्यः = 'to be slain by the world'); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (qualifying लोकेषु understood)

• कुसतिताः: cast down
• कुसतिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुसतित (कृदन्त; √सद्/सत् with कु-; 'to sink/settle')
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'cast down/placed'

• इह: here
• इह: N/A
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having given up
• उत्सृज्य: N/A
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-भाव), 'having abandoned'

• प्रेत्य: after dying
• प्रेत्य: N/A
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; 'having gone (i.e., after death)'

• तान्: those (realms)
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रतिपत्स्यसे: you will attain/enter
• प्रतिपत्स्यसे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Context

"You deserve to be killed by the world here. Giving up your life, you will be thrown out and descend to the world with those who killed women have gone, after your death."

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Indrajit (Meghanāda)

FAQs

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

Karma-doctrine within Itihāsa: grievous sins (like strī-ghāta) bear social condemnation and post-mortem consequences; Dharma protects women as a civilizational duty.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān describes the inevitable consequence awaiting one who kills a woman, warning Indrajit of both worldly and otherworldly ruin.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Dharmic admonition: teaching consequences to deter evil and uphold moral order.