Shloka 79

पञ्चाप्सरो-सरः कथनम् तथा अगस्त्याश्रममार्गनिर्देशः

Panchapsara Lake Account and Directions to Agastya

Devanagari script

स्निग्धपत्रा यथा वृक्षा यथा क्षान्ता मृगद्विजाः।आश्रमो नातिदूरस्थो महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः।।।।

Transliteration

snigdhapatrā yathā vṛkṣā yathā kṣāntā mṛgadvijāḥ | āśramo nātidūrastho maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ ||

Translation

ໃບໄມ້ຂອງຕົ້ນໄມ້ທັງຫຼາຍມັນງາມເປັນເງົາ ແລະສັດປ່າກັບນົກກໍສະຫງົບ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ອາສຣົມຂອງມະຫາຣິສີຜູ້ຝຶກຕົນນັ້ນ ຄົງບໍ່ໄກຈາກທີ່ນີ້.

Word by Word

• स्निग्धपत्राः: having glossy leaves
• स्निग्धपत्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्निग्ध+पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (glossy-leaved)

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upamana-marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (as/like)

• वृक्षाः: trees
• वृक्षाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यथा: as/like
• यथा: Upamana-marker (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय

• क्षान्ताः: peaceful
• क्षान्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षान्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (peaceful/forbearing)

• मृगद्विजाः: animals and birds
• मृगद्विजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग+द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व (animals and birds)

• आश्रमः: hermitage
• आश्रमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• अतिदूरस्थः: very far away
• अतिदूरस्थः: Vishesana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति+दूरस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (very-far-standing)

• महर्षेः: of the great sage
• महर्षेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• भावितात्मनः: of the self-realized one
• भावितात्मनः: Vishesana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावित+आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (one whose self is cultivated/realized)

Context

The leaves of the trees here are glossy, the animals and birds are peaceful. It appears the hermitage of the self-realized great sage Agastya is not very far from here.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Mahārṣi (great sage; contextually Agastya)

FAQs

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

Dharma is shown as the civilizing influence of a righteous life: the presence of a realized sage makes the environment peaceful—suggesting that inner discipline (satya and self-control) radiates outward as harmony.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama infers they are nearing a great sage’s hermitage by observing the unusual serenity of the forest—glossy foliage and unafraid animals and birds.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s discernment and reverence for holiness—he reads moral-spiritual ‘signs’ in nature and values the protection a sage’s tapas provides.