Shloka 5

अहल्याशापवर्णनम्

The Account of Ahalyā’s Curse and the Deserted Hermitage near Mithilā

Devanagari script

भूषयन्ताविमं देशं चन्द्रसूर्याविवाम्बरम्।परस्परस्य सदृशौ प्रमाणेङ्गितचेष्टितै:।।।।किमर्थं च मुनिश्रेष्ठ सम्प्राप्तौ दुर्गमे पथि।वरायुधधरौ वीरौ श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वत:।।।।

Transliteration

bhūṣayantāv imaṃ deśaṃ candra-sūryāv ivāmbaram |

parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇa-iṅgita-ceṣṭitaiḥ || 1.48.5 ||

kimarthaṃ ca muni-śreṣṭha samprāptau durgame pathi |

vara-āyudha-dharau vīrau śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ || 1.48.6 ||

Translation

သူတို့နှစ်ဦးသည် ကောင်းကင်၌ လနှင့် နေကဲ့သို့ ဤဒေသကို အလှဆင်တင့်တယ်စေကြပြီး၊ အရပ်အမောင်း၊ မျက်နှာအမူအရာ၊ အင်္ဂါလှုပ်ရှားမှုတို့တွင် တစ်ဦးနှင့်တစ်ဦး ဆင်တူညီမျှကြသည်။ မုနိမြတ်တို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးရှင်၊ အကောင်းဆုံး လက်နက်များကို ကိုင်ဆောင်ထားသော သူရဲကောင်းနှစ်ဦးသည် ဤခက်ခဲသော လမ်းကြောင်းသို့ မည်သည့်ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ဖြင့် ရောက်လာကြသနည်း။ အမှန်တရားကို တိတိကျကျ ကြားလိုပါသည်။

Word by Word

• bhūṣayantau: (two) adorning
• bhūṣayantau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhūṣ (धातु) + bhūṣayant (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; present active participle (adorning)

• imam: this
• imam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative adjective of deśam

• deśam: land/region
• deśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• candra-sūryau: the moon and the sun
• candra-sūryau: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• iva: like
• iva: Comparator (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle of comparison (उपमावाचक)

• ambaram: sky
• ambaram: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; in comparison phrase ‘in the sky’ (upamāna-context)

• parasparasya: of each other
• parasparasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘of each other’

• sadṛśau: similar
• sadṛśau: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sadṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; predicate adjective of the two heroes

• pramāṇa-iṅgita-ceṣṭitaiḥ: by stature, gestures, and actions
• pramāṇa-iṅgita-ceṣṭitaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + iṅgita (प्रातिपदिक) + ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (त्रयाणाम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; Instrumental of respect/means (by stature, gestures, actions)

• kimartham: for what purpose
• kimartham: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kimartha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; interrogative adverb (प्रश्नार्थ)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• muni-śreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muni-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• samprāptau: have come
• samprāptau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) + samprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्तरि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; ‘having arrived’

• durgame: difficult (to traverse)
• durgame: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; adjective of pathi

• pathi: on the path
• pathi: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• vara-āyudha-dharau: bearing excellent weapons
• vara-āyudha-dharau: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; ‘bearing excellent weapons’

• vīrau: two heroes
• vīrau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) + śrotum (तुमुन्-कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); ‘to hear’

• icchāmi: I wish
• icchāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (परस्मैपद), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; present (I desire)

• tattvataḥ: truly/in detail
• tattvataḥ: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (यथार्थार्थ)

Context

"Highly powerful Gautama who had performed rigid austerities thus cursed the wicked Ahalya and left this hermitage, for the peaks of Himavat mountain served by siddhas and charanas. Here he performed austerities"(said Viswamitra).ityārṣē śrīmadrāmāyaṇē vālmīkīya ādikāvyē bālakāṇḍē aṣṭacatvāriṅśassarga:৷৷Thus ends the fortyeighth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

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

The verse emphasizes satya-oriented inquiry (tattvataḥ): seeking accurate truth from a qualified authority (a muniśreṣṭha) is itself a dharmic act.

What is the narrative situation?

The observer continues questioning Viśvāmitra, noting the princes’ radiance and similarity, and asks the real purpose of their journey on a difficult route.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Discernment and humility: the speaker asks to hear “tattvataḥ,” indicating a preference for truth over speculation.