Shloka 13

The Vision of Rāma’s Royal Capital

and the Meeting at Nandigrāma

Devanagari script

नमश्चकार भरतं धर्मं मूर्तियुतं किल । विधात्रा सकलांशेन सत्त्वेनैव विनिर्मितम्

Transliteration

namaścakāra bharataṃ dharmaṃ mūrtiyutaṃ kila | vidhātrā sakalāṃśena sattvenaiva vinirmitam

Translation

ພຣະພະຣະຕະໄດ້ນົບນ້ອມກາບໄຫວ້ແດ່ ທັມມະ ທີ່ເລົ່າກັນວ່າໄດ້ຮັບຮູບກາຍໃຫ້ເຫັນໄດ້ ແລະຖືກວິທາຕາສ້າງດ້ວຍສ່ວນອັນຄົບຖ້ວນ ເປັນສັດຕະວະອັນບໍລິສຸດລ້ວນ।

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक निपात (interjection)

• चकार: did, made (performed)
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भरतम्: Bharata
• भरतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• धर्मम्: dharma (righteousness)
• धर्मम्: Samana-adhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भरतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण

• मूर्तियुतम्: endowed with a form; embodied
• मूर्तियुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + युत (√यु/युज्; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—मूर्त्या युतः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• किल: indeed, as is said
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक/निश्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• विधात्रा: by the Creator (Brahmā)
• विधात्रा: Kartr-karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सकलांशेन: with the entire portion
• सकलांशेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकल + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—सकलः अंशः यस्य/सकलः अंशः (कर्मधारयार्थे) प्रयोगे ‘with the whole portion’

• सत्त्वेन: with essence/being; with goodness
• सत्त्वेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• एव: only; indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• विनिर्मितम्: fashioned, created
• विनिर्मितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिर्मित (√मा/मि धातु; वि+निर्-उपसर्ग; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; भरतम्/धर्मम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely within the Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue frame)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: नमश्चकार = नमः + चकार; सत्त्वेनैव = सत्त्वेन + एव

Characters & Entities

• Bharata
• Dharma
• Vidhātṛ (Brahmā)

FAQs

Who is ‘Dharma’ in this verse—an abstract principle or a deity?

Here Dharma is treated as personified—an embodied presence (‘mūrti-yuta’), not merely an abstract rule, emphasizing righteousness as a living cosmic power.

What does it mean that Dharma is ‘made of sattva alone’?

It indicates Dharma’s essential nature is purity, clarity, and harmony (sattva-guṇa), contrasting with rajas (restlessness) and tamas (inertia).

What ethical lesson is conveyed by Bharata’s act of obeisance?

The verse models kingship and conduct grounded in reverence for righteousness: authority is legitimized by submission to Dharma rather than personal will.