Shloka 8

पञ्चवटी-निर्देशः

Agastya Directs Rama to Panchavati

Devanagari script

अलङ्कृतोऽयं देशश्च यत्र सौमित्रिणा सह।वैदेह्या चानया राम वत्स्यसि त्वमरिन्दम।।।।

Transliteration

alaṅkṛto 'yaṃ deśaś ca yatra saumitriṇā saha | vaidehyā cānayā rāma vatsyasi tvam arindama ||

Translation

ഹേ രാമാ, അരിന്ദമാ! സൗമിത്രി (ലക്ഷ്മണൻ)യും ഈ വൈദേഹി (സീത)യും കൂടെ നീ ഏതു ദേശത്തു വസിച്ചാലും, ആ സ്ഥലം തീർച്ചയായും അലങ്കൃതമായതുപോലെ തന്നെ തോന്നും.

Word by Word

• alaṅkṛtaḥ: adorned
• alaṅkṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alaṅkṛta (प्रातिपदिक; alaṃ√kṛ धातु + kta)
• Form: Past passive participle used adjectivally (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying deśaḥ

• ayam: this
• ayam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma-adjective, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying deśaḥ

• deśaḥ: region/place
• deśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• saumitriṇā: with Saumitri (Lakshmana)
• saumitriṇā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saumitri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka marker (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: Preposition-like indeclinable (सह), 'together with'

• vaidehyā: with Vaidehi (Sita)
• vaidehyā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaidehī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• anayā: with this (woman)
• anayā: Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• rāma: O Rama
• rāma: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• vatsyasi: you will dwell
• vatsyasi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, periphrastic future), Madhyama-puruṣa, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• arindama: O subduer of enemies
• arindama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ari-dama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa compound; Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Context

O Rama, subduer of enemies! the place where you reside along with Lakshmana and Vaidehi will look adorned, indeed.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī)
• Sītā (Vaidehī)

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that righteousness has a transformative social and spiritual effect: where virtuous persons live and act with dharma, the environment becomes ‘adorned’—uplifted in dignity, harmony, and auspiciousness.

What is the narrative situation?

A forest sage addresses Rāma during the exile journey, praising that any place where Rāma stays with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa becomes beautiful and blessed.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s dharmic presence—self-restraint, integrity, and protective righteousness—presented as inherently auspicious and elevating to the world around him.