Valmiki Ramayana 5.9.63 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 9, Shloka 63

पुष्पकविमानवर्णनम्

Description of the Pushpaka Vimana and Ravana’s Inner Palace

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण स्त्रीमाला ग्रथिता हि सा।मालेव ग्रथिता सूत्रे शुशुभे मत्तषट्पदा।।5.9.63।।

Transliteration

anyonyabhujasūtreṇa strīmālā grathitā hi sā |

mālevā grathitā sūtre śuśubhe mattaṣaṭpadā || 5.9.63 ||

Translation

တစ်ယောက်၏လက်မောင်းကို တစ်ယောက်က ကြိုးသဖွယ် ချိတ်ဆက်ထားသဖြင့် ထိုမိန်းမတို့၏ မာလာသည် တကယ်ပင် ချည်ထိုးထားသကဲ့သို့ တောက်ပလှပနေ၏—ပန်းမာလာကို ကြိုးတစ်ချောင်းပေါ်တွင် ရွှေ့ချည်ထားပြီး မူးယစ်ပျားများက ကပ်လျက်ရှိသကဲ့သို့။

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण: by the thread of one another’s arms
• अन्योन्यभुजसूत्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य + भुज + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: अन्योन्य-भुज-सूत्र (तत्पुरुष; ‘thread consisting of each other’s arms’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन

• स्त्रीमाला: a garland of women
• स्त्रीमाला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: स्त्री-माला (तत्पुरुष; ‘garland/chain of women’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ग्रथिता: was strung/knit
• ग्रथिता: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘knit/strung’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतौ अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• माला: garland
• माला: Upamana (उपमान; standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Upama-sambandha (उपमासम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (comparative particle: like)

• ग्रथिता: strung
• ग्रथिता: Kriya (क्रिया; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (repeated for simile)

• सूत्रे: on a thread
• सूत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुशुभे: shone
• शुशुभे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मत्तषट्पदा: (a garland) with drunken bees
• मत्तषट्पदा: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to माला)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्त + षट्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मत्त-षट्पद (कर्मधारय; ‘drunken bee’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with माला)

Context

Knit with the shoulders of one another like a garland of flowers intertwined with the tipsy bees resting the women shone.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān (implicit observer)
• women of Rāvaṇa’s palace

FAQs

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

The poetic beauty does not endorse the lifestyle; it frames the allure of adharma as aesthetically captivating yet spiritually disorienting—dharma calls for discernment beyond appearances.

What is the narrative situation?

Hanumān sees the women clustered together, and the narrator uses a garland-and-bees simile to portray their interlinked sleep.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Discernment (viveka): the ability to see through attractive imagery and remain committed to a righteous objective.