Shloka 31

शरत्प्रवेशे रामविलापः तथा सुग्रीवप्रमादे लक्ष्मणप्रेषणम्

Autumn’s Onset: Rama’s Lament and Lakshmana Sent to Sugriva

Devanagari script

अभ्यागतैश्चारुविशालपक्षैस्सरःप्रियैः पद्मरजोवकीर्णैः।महानदीनां पुलिनोपयातैःक्रीडन्ति हंसास्सह चक्रवाकैः।।

Transliteration

abhyāgataiś cāru-viśāla-pakṣaiḥ saraḥ-priyaiḥ padma-rajo-vakīrṇaiḥ |

mahānadīnāṃ pulinopayātaiḥ krīḍanti haṃsāḥ saha cakravākaiḥ ||

Translation

ಸರೋವರಪ್ರಿಯರಾದ, ಸುಂದರ ವಿಶಾಲ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿದ, ಪದ್ಮರಜದಿಂದ ಆವರಿತ ಹಂಸಗಳು ಮಹಾನದಿಗಳ ಪುಲಿನಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಚಕ್ರವಾಕಗಳೊಡನೆ ಕ್ರೀಡಿಸುತ್ತವೆ।

Word by Word

अभ्यागतैःwith those that have arrived

चand

चारुविशालपक्षैःwith lovely broad-winged (birds)

सरःप्रियैःwith lake-loving (ones)

पद्मरजोवकीर्णैःwith (those) dusted with lotus pollen

महानदीनाम्of great rivers

पुलिनोपयातैःwith those that have come to the sandbanks

क्रीडन्तिsport/play

हंसाःswans

सहtogether with

चक्रवाकैःwith cakravāka birds

Context

'The swans have come face to face with chakravaka birds. They have newly arrived. Lovers of lakes, they are shaking the pollen of lotuses on their lovely wide wings and have settled on the sandy banks-sporting.

Characters & Entities

swans (haṃsa)

cakravāka birds

lotus (padma)

sandbanks (pulina)

FAQs

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

The harmony of birds gathered in season reflects social dharma: beings flourish when they assemble rightly and act in accord with natural and communal order.

What is the narrative situation?

Autumn brings migratory gatherings; Rāma notes swans and cakravākas enjoying riverbanks, contrasting their union with his separation from Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sensitivity (sahṛdayatā): Rāma’s keen observation of living beings frames his own ethical urgency and emotional truth.