Shloka 8

सुतीक्ष्णाश्रमप्रवेशः

Entry into Sutikshna’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते रघुश्रेष्ठ राम सत्यभृतां वर।आश्रमोऽयं त्वयाक्रान्तस्सनाथ इव साम्प्रतम्।।3.7.8।।

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te raghuśreṣṭha rāma satyabhṛtāṃ vara | āśramo ’yaṃ tvayākrāntaḥ sanātha iva sāmpratam || 3.7.8 ||

Translation

സ്വാഗതം, ഹേ രഘുശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ രാമാ, സത്യധർമ്മം ധരിക്കുന്നവരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ! നിന്റെ വരവോടെ ഈ ആശ്രമം ഇപ്പോൾ രക്ഷകൻ ലഭിച്ചതുപോലെ സനാഥമായിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular; used as interjectional nominal 'welcome'

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular

• रघुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Raghus
• रघुश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: रघु-श्रेष्ठ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'best of Raghu-line'); Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• सत्यभृताम्: of the truth-upholders
• सत्यभृताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + भृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सत्य-भृत् (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'upholder of truth'); Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best
• वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular; 'best' used in address

• आश्रमः: hermitage
• आश्रमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifies आश्रमः

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular

• आक्रान्तः: occupied/entered
• आक्रान्तः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with आश्रमः

• सनाथः: with a protector
• सनाथः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: स-नाथ (कर्मधारय: 'with a protector'); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with आश्रमः

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle of comparison (उपमा)

• साम्प्रतम्: now
• साम्प्रतम्: Kālādhi karaṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; temporal adverb (कालवाचक) = 'now/presently'

Context

O Rama, the best among the Raghavas and among the upholders of truth, you are welcome. With your presence this hermitage will have a protector now.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Raghu dynasty
• āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

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

Dharma is expressed as honoring the truthful and righteous, and recognizing the kingly duty of protection (rakṣaṇa) embodied by Rāma even while he lives as an exile.

What is the narrative situation?

A sage at a hermitage welcomes Rāma and acknowledges that Rāma’s presence makes the āśrama feel safeguarded.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Satya (truthfulness) and protective leadership—Rāma is praised as foremost among truth-upholders and as a natural guardian to the vulnerable.