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Valmiki Ramayana 2.7.14: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7, Shloka 14

मन्थराप्रवेशः · Manthara Observes Ayodhya and Incites Kaikeyi

उत्तिष्ठ मूढे किं शेषे भयं त्वामभिवर्तते ।

उपप्लुतामौघेन किमात्मानं न बुध्यसे ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.7.14

uttiṣṭha mūḍhe kiṃ śeṣe bhayaṃ tvām abhivartate |

upaplutām aughena kim ātmānaṃ na budhyase ||14||

Wstań, głupia, dlaczego śpisz? Strach zbliża się do ciebie. Dlaczego nie pojmujesz, że jesteś porwana, dryfując w powodzi niebezpieczeństw?

उत्तिष्ठget up
उत्तिष्ठ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√स्था (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
मूढेO fool
मूढे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्रीलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन) एकवचनम्
किम्why
किम्:
Prayojana/Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्रश्न: 'why?'
शेषेdo you lie/sleep
शेषे:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शी (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) एकवचनम्
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम
अभिवर्ततेapproaches/comes upon
अभिवर्तते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√वृत् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
उपप्लुताम्overwhelmed
उपप्लुताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootउपप्लुत (कृदन्त, उप-√प्लु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् आत्मानम् प्रति: 'overwhelmed/flooded'
औघेनby a flood/stream
औघेन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचनम्
किम्why
किम्:
Prayojana/Hetu (हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्रश्न: 'why?'
आत्मानम्yourself
आत्मानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचनम्
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम् (negation particle)
बुध्यसेdo you understand/realize
बुध्यसे:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√बुध् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

O senseless one, why are you lying down? Get up! A great fear is gripping you. Why don't you realise that you are floating in a sea of perils.

M
Mantharā
K
Kaikeyī

FAQs

It illustrates how adharma often begins with distortion: fear is used as a tool to override calm discernment (viveka), pulling a person away from truthful judgment (satya).

Mantharā abruptly wakes Kaikeyī and tries to alarm her, claiming imminent danger.

The need for discernment and steadiness (a virtue implied by its absence): Kaikeyī is urged away from calm reason by Mantharā’s panic-inducing rhetoric.

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