Shloka 15

सीताहरणोत्तरं लङ्काप्रवेशः

Sita’s Abduction and Ravana’s Entry into Lanka

Devanagari script

मुक्तामणिसुवर्णानि वस्त्राण्याभरणानि च।।।।यद्यदिच्छेत्तदेवास्या देयं मच्छन्दतो यथा।

Transliteration

muktā-maṇi-suvarṇāni vastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca |

yad yad icchet tad evāsyā deyaṃ mac-chandato yathā ||

Translation

“ໄຂ່ມຸກ ແກ້ວມະນີ ຄຳ ເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງຫົ່ມ ແລະເຄື່ອງປະດັບ—ນາງປາດຖະນາສິ່ງໃດ ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ນາງໃນທັນທີ ຕາມຄວາມປະສົງຂອງເຮົາ”.

Word by Word

• muktā-maṇi-suvarṇāni: pearls, gems, gold
• muktā-maṇi-suvarṇāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muktā + maṇi + suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; द्वन्द्व-समासः (copulative): 'pearls, gems, and gold' (objects to be given)

• vastrāṇi: clothes
• vastrāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana

• ābharaṇāni: ornaments
• ābharaṇāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samucchaya-nipāta, conjunction

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun used distributively with repetition

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; repetition for distributive sense

• icchet: she may desire
• icchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (इष् धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, Optative), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; correlative to yat

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-nipāta (अवधारण), emphatic particle

• asyāḥ: to her
• asyāḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी), Ekavacana; dative of recipient

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Kriyā (क्रिया; obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत् sense; here -ya), Napumsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; विधेय-विशेषणम्: 'is to be given/should be given'

• mat-chandataḥ: according to my wish
• mat-chandataḥ: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mad (अस्मद्) + chandas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative-form used adverbially: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī, Ekavacana; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः 'according to my will/with my consent'

• yathā: as/so that
• yathā: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Prakāra-avyaya, 'as/so that'

Context

Pearls, gems or gold, clothes or ornaments, whatever she desires, be made available to her without any hesitation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Sītā
• Pearls (muktā)
• Gems (maṇi)
• Gold (suvarṇa)

FAQs

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

Dharma cannot be purchased: material gifts offered within coercion are ethically hollow and cannot legitimize an unrighteous act.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa instructs the guards to provide Sītā with luxury items, attempting to soften her resistance through comfort and temptation.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s incorruptibility is the implied virtue—her adherence to satya and marital fidelity stands beyond material inducement.