Shloka 5

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

ततो हत्वा दशग्रीवं लड़कां रामो महायशा: । विभीषणाय प्रददौ प्रभु: परपुरज्जय:,तत्पश्चात्‌ शत्रुओंकी राजधानीपर विजय पानेवाले महायशस्वी भगवान्‌ श्रीरामने दशानन रावणका वध करनेके अनन्तर लंकाका राज्य विभीषणको दे दिया

Transliteration

tato hatvā daśagrīvaṁ laṅkāṁ rāmo mahāyaśāḥ | vibhīṣaṇāya pradadau prabhuḥ parapurañjayaḥ |

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം പരപുരജയിയായ മഹായശസ്സുള്ള പ്രഭു രാമൻ ദശഗ്രീവൻ രാവണനെ വധിച്ച് ലങ്കയുടെ രാജ്യം വിഭീഷണനു നൽകി.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereafter

हत्वाhaving slain

दशग्रीवम्the ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa)

लङ्काम्Laṅkā

रामःRāma

महायशाःof great fame

विभीषणायto Vibhīṣaṇa

प्रददौgave/bestowed

प्रभुःthe lord

परपुरज्जयःconqueror of enemy cities

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Markandeya

Rama

Dashagriva (Ravana)

Vibhishana

Lanka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship after conflict: a righteous victor does not seize for personal gain but restores stable rule, rewarding virtue and loyalty—here by entrusting Laṅkā to Vibhīṣaṇa after removing the tyrannical Rāvaṇa.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Rāma, after killing Rāvaṇa (Daśagrīva), grants Laṅkā’s kingdom to Vibhīṣaṇa, establishing him as the rightful ruler following the war.