Shloka 36

सीताविलापः

Sita’s Lament and Prophecy of Lanka’s Ruin

Devanagari script

अकार्यं ये न जानन्ति नैर्ऋताः पापकारिणः।।5.26.35।।

अधर्मात्तु महोत्पातो भविष्यति हि सांप्रतम्।

नैते धर्मं विजानन्ति राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः।।5.26.36।।

Transliteration

adharmāt tu mahotpāto bhaviṣyati hi sāṃpratam |

naite dharmaṃ vijānanti rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ ||

Translation

അധർമത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ഇപ്പോഴേ മഹാ വിപത്ത് ഉണ്ടാകും. ഈ മാംസഭോജി രാക്ഷസന്മാർ ധർമ്മം ഒട്ടും അറിയുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः; conditional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction); शर्तार्थे (if)

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रत्यय (indefinite pronoun)

• प्रदाता: giver
• प्रदाता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-dā (धातु) + tṛc; pradātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (agent noun, तृच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (one who would give)

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्धे (to me/for me)

• विषस्य: of poison
• विषस्य: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of poison)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः; time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); कालवाचक (today/now)

• भवेत्: might be/should be available
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); देशवाचक (here)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः; manner/time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक kṣipra)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative); शीघ्रार्थे (quickly/soon)

• वैवस्वतम्: Vaivasvata (Yama)
• वैवस्वतम्: Karma (कर्म; adjectival to देवम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying देवम्; Vaivasvata = Yama)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of पश्येयम्)

• पश्येयम्: I might see
• पश्येयम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु; paśy-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पतिना: with (my) husband
• पतिना: Sahakaraka (सहकारकः; accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सहार्थे (with husband)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; वियोगार्थे (without); in classical usage often with accusative; here with instrumental 'पतिना' as a Vedic/classical variant

Context

Nothing is forbidden for sinful demons. A calamity will befall now due to this adharma. The flesheating ogres are aware of neither dharma nor adharma.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasas
• Adharma

FAQs

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

Adharma is self-destructive: wrongdoing does not merely harm victims; it generates wider social and cosmic disorder, culminating in calamity.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā interprets her unlawful captivity as a sign that disaster is imminent for Laṅkā’s unrighteous rulers.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral foresight grounded in satya: Sītā speaks with conviction that truth and dharma will assert themselves through consequences.