Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 10, Shloka 14

ऋश्यशृङ्ग-आनयनम्

Bringing Ṛśyaśṛṅga to Aṅga and His Marriage to Śāntā

Devanagari script

पिता विभण्डकोऽस्माकं तस्याहं सुत औरस:।ऋश्यशृङ्ग इति ख्यातं नाम कर्म च मे भुवि।।।।

Transliteration

pitā vibhaṇḍako ’smākaṃ tasyāhaṃ suta aurasaḥ |

ṛśyaśṛṅga iti khyātaṃ nāma karma ca me bhuvi ||

Translation

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ ဖခင်မှာ ဝိဘဏ္ဍက ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ကျွန်ုပ်သည် သူ၏ သားရင်းအိုရသ ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဤလောက၌ ကျွန်ုပ်၏ နာမသည် ‘ရိရှျရှೃင်္ဂ’ ဟူ၍ ကျော်ကြားကာ၊ ထိုနာမသည် ကျွန်ုပ်၏ ကံကြမ္မာနှင့် ကုသိုလ်ကံအလုပ်တို့နှင့် ဆက်နွယ်နေပါသည်။

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विभण्डकः: Vibhaṇḍaka
• विभण्डकः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभण्डक (प्रातिपदिक/नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• औरसः: legitimate; born of the body
• औरसः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सुतः)

• ऋश्यशृङ्गः: Ṛśyaśṛṅga
• ऋश्यशृङ्गः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋश्य-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक/नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ऋश्यस्य शृङ्गम् इव/ऋश्य-शृङ्ग)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उक्ति-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: known; famed
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘ख्यातम् (अस्ति)’ = is known

• नाम: name
• नाम: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरणम् (ख्यातम्)

• कर्म: deed; epithet (by action)
• कर्म: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समानााधिकरणम् (ख्यातम्)

• च: and
• च: None (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भुवि: in the world; on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके/पृथिव्याम्

Context

'My father is Vibhandaka. I am his own son. My name is Rsyasringa. I am known the world over by this name associated with my karma'.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛśyaśṛṅga
• Vibhaṇḍaka

FAQs

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

Satya is primary: Ṛśyaśṛṅga responds with straightforward truth about lineage and identity, reflecting an ascetic culture of non-deception.

What is the narrative situation?

Responding to the women’s questions, Ṛśyaśṛṅga states who he is and names his father.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Truthfulness and simplicity—he speaks plainly without concealment.