Shloka 17

पञ्चवटी-निर्देशः

Agastya Directs Rama to Panchavati

Devanagari script

विदितो ह्येष वृत्तान्तो मम सर्वस्तवानघ।।।।तपसश्च प्रभावेण स्नेहाद्दशरथस्य च।

Transliteration

vidito hy eṣa vṛttānto mama sarvas tavānagha | tapasaś ca prabhāveṇa snehād daśarathasya ca ||

Translation

അനഘനേ, നിനക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ഈ സമ്പൂർണ്ണ വൃത്താന്തം എനിക്ക് അറിയാം—എന്റെ തപസ്സിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താലും ദശരഥനോടുള്ള സ്നേഹത്താലും.

Word by Word

• viditaḥ: known
• viditaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्, धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate with vṛttāntaḥ

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (emphasis/causal)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun used adjectivally; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies vṛttāntaḥ

• vṛttāntaḥ: account/events
• vṛttāntaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• mama: to me
• mama: Anubhava-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; 'to me/of me' in sense of experiencer

• sarvaḥ: entire/all
• sarvaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies vṛttāntaḥ

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• anagha: O sinless one
• anagha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anagha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• tapasaḥ: from/by (my) penance
• tapasaḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (also possible Genitive); here causal-ablative with prabhāveṇa: 'due to penance'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• prabhāveṇa: by the power
• prabhāveṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; instrumental of means

• snehāt: from affection
• snehāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; causal ablative

• daśarathasya: of Daśaratha
• daśarathasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśaratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; dependent on snehāt

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

Context

O sinless one, I have kown all these facts about you by the power of penance and love for Dasaratha.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• tapas (austerity)

FAQs

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

True knowledge is joined with compassion: the sage’s insight (from tapas) is guided by loyal concern for the righteous (Daśaratha and Rāma).

What is the narrative situation?

Agastya explains how he already knows Rāma’s life-circumstances—both by ascetic insight and by personal regard for Daśaratha.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Agastya’s discernment and benevolence: wisdom obtained through discipline is used to counsel and support dharmic action.