Shloka 9

पुष्पकविमानेन सीताया युद्धभूमिदर्शनम्

Sita Shown the Battlefield in the Pushpaka

Devanagari script

निर्विशङ्कानिरुद्विग्नानिरपेक्षाचमैथिली ।मामुपस्थास्यतेसीतासर्वाभरणभूषिता ।।।।

Transliteration

nirviśaṅkā nirudvignā nirapekṣā ca maithilī |

mām upasthāsyate sītā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā ||

Translation

“പിന്നീട് സംശയമില്ലാതെ, വ്യാകുലതയില്ലാതെ, പ്രതീക്ഷയും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച മൈഥിലി സീത, സർവ്വാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട് എന്നെ സേവിക്കാൻ വരും.”

Word by Word

• nirviśaṅkā: free from fear/suspicion
• nirviśaṅkā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + viśaṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of maithilī/sītā)

• nirudvignā: unperturbed
• nirudvignā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + udvigna (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ud + √vij/√vij? 'to be agitated')
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• nirapekṣā: without expectation/hope
• nirapekṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir + apekṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• maithilī: Maithili (Sita)
• maithilī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maithilī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• upasthāsyate: will attend/serve
• upasthāsyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• sītā: Sita
• sītā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to maithilī

• sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā: adorned with all ornaments
• sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + ābharaṇa + bhūṣita (कृदन्त; √bhūṣ अलङ्कारे)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (sarvāṇi ābharaṇāni = all ornaments; taiḥ bhūṣitā = adorned); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Context

"Mythili, rid of sorrow and free from perturbation, giving up hope (of Rama) can wait upon me adorned with all kinds of jewels."

Characters & Entities

• Sītā (Maithilī)
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

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

The verse exposes adharma as the desire to obtain compliance through despair and display. Dharma insists that relationships and choices must be rooted in truth and consent, not coercion.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāvaṇa anticipates that once Sītā believes Rāma is dead, she will abandon hope and submit, even being ornamented like a captive prize.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

By contrast and implication: Sītā’s integrity—she is not swayed by luxury or intimidation in the larger narrative.