Shloka 13

मारीचाश्रमगमनम्

Ravana’s Journey to Maricha’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

कदल्याढकिसम्बाधं नारिकेलोपशोभितम्।सालैस्तालैस्तमालैश्च पुष्पितैस्तरुभिर्वृतम्।।।।

Transliteration

kadalyāḍhakisambādhaṃ nārikelopaśobhitam |

sālaiḥ tālaiḥ tamālaiś ca puṣpitais tarubhir vṛtam ||3.35.13||

Translation

Там было густо от банановых зарослей, украшено кокосовыми пальмами и окружено цветущими деревьями — шала, пальмами и тамалами.

Word by Word

• kadalī-āḍhaki-sambādham: dense with banana and āḍhaki plants
• kadalī-āḍhaki-sambādham: Karma (कर्म / Object; describing the surrounded place)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kadalī + āḍhaki + sambādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् — 'densely filled with banana-plants and āḍhaki (plants)'

• nārikela-upaśobhitam: adorned with coconut trees
• nārikela-upaśobhitam: Karma (कर्म / Object; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārikela + upa-√śubh (शुभ् धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् — 'beautified by coconut(-trees)'

• sālaiḥ: with sal trees
• sālaiḥ: Karaṇa (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tālaiḥ: with palm trees
• tālaiḥ: Karaṇa (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tamālaiḥ: with tamāla trees
• tamālaiḥ: Karaṇa (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tamāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध / connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• puṣpitaiḥ: with flowering
• puṣpitaiḥ: Karaṇa (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣpita (प्रातिपदिक; √puṣp 'to flower' + kta)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् — qualifying tarubhiḥ

• tarubhiḥ: by trees
• tarubhiḥ: Karaṇa (करणम् / Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• vṛtam: surrounded
• vṛtam: Karma (कर्म / Patient; implied 'it')
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (वृञ्/वृ धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि — 'enclosed/surrounded'

Context

The place covered with banana plants and coconut trees as well as blossoming sal and tamala trees was looking extremely beautiful.

Characters & Entities

• śāla trees
• tāla (palms)

FAQs

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

By portraying a flourishing, ordered natural world, the epic evokes dharmic stability—life sustained through balance. Such descriptions also intensify the ethical violation when violence or abduction later intrudes upon this harmony.

What is the narrative situation?

The narrator continues mapping the coastal region’s richness, listing characteristic trees and plants to establish an abundant, almost idyllic setting.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The verse emphasizes the environment of dharmic living (often associated with āśramas nearby): simplicity and natural sufficiency, rather than luxury-driven desire.