Shloka 56

श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपः / The Ramayana in Synopsis

Narada’s Summary to Valmiki

Devanagari script

तं निहत्य महाबाहुर्ददाह स्वर्गतश्च स: ।स चास्य कथयामास शबरीं धर्मचारिणीम् ।।।।श्रमणीं धर्मनिपुणामभिगच्छेति राघव । 1151

Transliteration

taṃ nihatya mahābāhur dadāha svargataś ca saḥ | sa cāsya kathayāmāsa śabarīṃ dharmacāriṇīm | śramaṇīṃ dharmanipuṇām abhigaccheti rāghava ||

Translation

လက်မောင်းကြီးမြတ်သော ရာမသည် သူ့ကို သတ်ပြီး မီးထဲသို့ ပူဇော်ကာ လောင်ကျွမ်းစေ၏။ ကဗန္ဓသည် ကောင်းကင်ဘုံသို့ ထွက်ခွာသွားစဉ် ရာမအား “အို ရာဃဝ၊ သဗရီထံ သွားလော့—သူမသည် ဓမ္မကိုလိုက်နာသော သမဏီတပသီမ၊ ဓမ္မအကျင့်၌ ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ” ဟု ပြောကြား၏။

Word by Word

• तम्: him / that one
• तम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, masculine pronoun)

• निहत्य: having killed
• निहत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done earlier)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (Rama)
• महाबाहुः: कर्ता (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक) (समास: महा-बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine); विशेष्य: (रामः) implied

• ददाह: burned / consigned to flames
• ददाह: क्रिया (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (3rd person singular)

• स्वर्गतः: gone to heaven / heaven-bound
• स्वर्गतः: कर्ता (Agent) (as qualifier of 'सः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + त (तद्धित/कृत्-प्रत्यय; 'गत' अर्थे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine); 'सः' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine pronoun)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, masculine pronoun)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• अस्य: to him / of him (to Rama)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Genitive singular: 'of him/this')

• कथयामास: told / informed
• कथयामास: क्रिया (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिजन्त) + आस् (धातु) (परिप्रयोगः)
• Form: परस्मैपदम्; मुख्यक्रिया 'कथय' इत्यस्य लिट्/परिप्रयोग-रूपम् (periphrastic perfect-like narrative past), प्रथम-पुरुषः एकवचनम् (3rd person singular)

• शबरीम्: Śabarī
• शबरीम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine)

• धर्मचारिणीम्: practising dharma / religiously observant
• धर्मचारिणीम्: कर्म (Object) (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक) (समास: धर्म-चारिणी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine); 'शबरीम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• श्रमणीम्: female ascetic / nun
• श्रमणीम्: कर्म (Object) (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रमणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine); 'शबरीम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• धर्मनिपुणाम्: skilled in dharma / proficient in religious practice
• धर्मनिपुणाम्: कर्म (Object) (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + निपुण (प्रातिपदिक) (समास: धर्म-निपुण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, feminine); 'शबरीम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अभिगच्छ: go to / visit / approach
• अभिगच्छ: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुषः एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (2nd person singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति-सूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle: 'thus')

• राघव: O Rāghava
• राघव: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine)

Context

Rama son of Dasaratha, destroyer of enemies and possessing great splendour approached Sabari who duly worshipped him৷৷

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Kabandha
• Śabarī
• svarga (heaven)

FAQs

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

Dharma includes seeking guidance from the righteous: the narrative affirms that proximity to dharma-practitioners (like Śabarī) supports right action and truthful direction in times of uncertainty.

What is the narrative situation?

After Kabandha is slain and cremated, his curse is lifted; departing heavenward, he directs Rāma to meet Śabarī.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s role as protector who removes a curse through decisive action, and his humility to accept guidance toward a saintly devotee.