Shloka 18

वैवाहिकसंबन्ध

निश्चयः / Fixing the Mithila–Ayodhya Marital Alliance

Devanagari script

युवामसङ्ख्येयगुणौ भ्रातरौ मिथिलेश्वरौ।ऋषयो राजसङ्घाश्च भवद्भ्यामभिपूजिता:।।।।

Transliteration

yuvām asaṅkhyeyaguṇau bhrātarau mithileśvarau | ṛṣayo rājasaṅghāś ca bhavadbhyām abhipūjitāḥ ||

Translation

အို မိထိလာ၏ အရှင်တို့ရေ၊ ညီအစ်ကိုနှစ်ပါးသည် ရေတွက်မကုန်သော ဂုဏ်သတ္တိများ ပိုင်ဆိုင်ကြ၏။ သင်တို့ကြောင့် ရှိသီတို့နှင့် မင်းတို့၏ အစည်းအဝေးများကို သင့်တော်စွာ ဂုဏ်ပြုပူဇော်ခဲ့ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• yuvām: you two
• yuvām: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/प्रथमा-द्विवचन; here प्रथमार्थे (subject in address): ‘you two’

• asaṅkhyeyaguṇau: of countless virtues
• asaṅkhyeyaguṇau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asaṅkhyeya-guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास: ‘having countless virtues’

• bhrātarau: brothers
• bhrātarau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; द्विवचन

• mithileśvarau: lords of Mithilā
• mithileśvarau: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithilā-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (mithilā + īśvara)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• rājasaṅghāḥ: assemblies of kings
• rājasaṅghāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-saṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (rāja + saṅgha)

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

• bhavadbhyām: by you two
• bhavadbhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); द्विवचन; honorific ‘by you two’

• abhipūjitāḥ: have been honoured
• abhipūjitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; ‘honoured/worshipped’ (agreeing with ṛṣayaḥ, rājasaṅghāḥ)

Context

"O Pre-eminent among men! the glory of the two races of Ikshvakus as also of Videhas is in comprehensible and immeasurable. There is none equal to these kings of the Ikshvakus and Videhas.

Characters & Entities

• Mithilā
• Ṛṣis (sages)

FAQs

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

Respect for the righteous (sages) and proper honor to peers (kings) is presented as a hallmark of rājadharma—true sovereignty is validated by reverence and ethical conduct.

What is the narrative situation?

In the aftermath of the marriage arrangements, Daśaratha (as senior king and guest) acknowledges Mithilā’s rulers for their virtue and their honoring of sages and royal guests.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Hospitality and reverence: the Mithilā rulers are characterized as virtuous because they honor ṛṣis and maintain dignified relations with other kings.