Shloka 33

षट्पञ्चाशः सर्गः — वैदेही-आश्वासनम् तथा अरिष्टारोहणम्

Consoling Sita and Ascending Mount Arishta

Devanagari script

दशयोजनविस्तारस्त्रिंशद्योजनमुच्छ्रितः।।।।धरण्यां समतां यातः स बभूव धराधरः।

Transliteration

daśayojanavistāras triṃśadyojanam ucchritaḥ | dharaṇyāṃ samatāṃ yātaḥ sa babhūva dharādharaḥ ||

Translation

പത്ത് യോജന വീതിയും മുപ്പത് യോജന ഉയരവും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന ആ ധരാധരപർവ്വതം ഭൂമിയിൽ സമതലമായി താഴ്ന്നു, ധരണിയോടൊപ്പമായി.

Word by Word

• दशयोजनविस्तारः: having a spread of ten yojanas
• दशयोजनविस्तारः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश + योजन + विस्तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: दश-योजन-विस्तारः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of धराधरः

• त्रिंशद्योजनम्: thirty yojanas
• त्रिंशद्योजनम्: परिमाण (measure/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत् + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (numeral determinative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; measure with ucchritaḥ (understood: 'in height')

• उच्छ्रितः: lofty; raised (in height)
• उच्छ्रितः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle; 'raised'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of धराधरः

• धरण्याम्: on the earth
• धरण्याम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समताम्: level state; flatness
• समताम्: कर्म (Karma/object of 'yātaḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: समता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यातः: having become; having reached
• यातः: क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय (predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective with sense 'having become/reached'

• सः: that
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• धराधरः: mountain
• धराधरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः धरः = mountain), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

"Rama will come soon with the best of vanaras and bears. He would win the battle and remove your sorrrow.

Characters & Entities

• Mountain (dharādhara)
• Earth (dharaṇī)

FAQs

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

Dharma is shown as effectiveness in service: righteous intent is paired with capability, illustrating that duty in the Ramayana is not merely moral desire but also competent action.

What is the narrative situation?

The narration quantifies the mountain’s vast size and describes how it is flattened to the level of the earth.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hanumān’s immeasurable strength (bala) implied through the scale of the transformation.