Shloka 44

Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā

Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon

Devanagari script

सर्वं दास्यति सर्वज्ञ राजा सुमदनामधृक् । अधुनातन्महाराज रामचंद्र प्रतापतः

Transliteration

sarvaṃ dāsyati sarvajña rājā sumadanāmadhṛk | adhunātanmahārāja rāmacaṃdra pratāpataḥ

Translation

Wahai Yang Maha Mengetahui, raja bernama Sumada kini akan mengurniakan segala-galanya, wahai Maharaja—semuanya berkat keperkasaan dan pratāpa Sri Rāmacandra.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञ: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• सुमद-नाम-धृक्: bearing the name ‘Sumada’
• सुमद-नाम-धृक्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमद (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु; धृक्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीह्यर्थक विशेषण: ‘सुमद-नाम धत्ते इति’ (bearing the name Sumada); ‘राजा’ विशेषण

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (time adverb)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’/वाक्यार्थस्य निर्देश (that)

• महा-राज: O great king
• महा-राज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘महान् राजा’

• रामचन्द्र: O Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (as used in address)

• प्रतापतः: due to (your) prowess
• प्रतापतः: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause: ‘due to’)

Speaker

Unclear from the single-verse excerpt (context needed from surrounding verses of Pātālakhaṇḍa 5.13).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सुमद + नाम + धृक् → सुमदनामधृक्; अधुना + तत् + महा-राज → अधुनातन्महाराज; राम + चन्द्र → रामचंद्र

Characters & Entities

• Sumada
• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the central message of this verse?

It highlights royal generosity (dāna) and attributes the king’s forthcoming gifts to the inspiring or enabling prowess (pratāpa) of Rāmacandra.

Who is being addressed as “sarvajña” and “mahārāja” here?

The verse addresses two honorifics—“sarvajña” (all-knowing) and “mahārāja” (great king)—but the specific identities cannot be fixed from this single verse without the surrounding dialogue context.

How does this verse connect to Vaishnava themes in the Padma Purana?

By invoking Rāmacandra (an avatāra of Viṣṇu) as the source of “pratāpa,” it frames righteous action and generosity as empowered by devotion to, or association with, the divine.