Shloka 34

Bhīma–Hanūmān Dialogue on Yugas (युगवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

सुवर्णरत्नचित्रेण मृगरूपेण रक्षसा । वज्चयित्वा नरव्याप्र॑ं मारीचेन तदानघ,अनघ! दण्डकारण्यमें आकर वे जनस्थानमें रहा करते थे। एक दिन अत्यन्त बलवान्‌ दुरात्मा राक्षसराज रावण मायासे सुवर्ण-रत्नमय विचित्र मृगका रूप धारण करनेवाले मारीच नामक राक्षसके द्वारा नरश्रेष्ठ श्रीरामको धोखेमें डालकर उनकी पत्नी सीताको छल- बलपूर्वक हर ले गया

Transliteration

suvarṇa-ratna-citreṇa mṛga-rūpeṇa rakṣasā | vañcayitvā nara-vyāghraṃ mārīcena tadānagha ||

Translation

అనఘా! స్వర్ణరత్నవిచిత్రమైన మృగరూపం ధరించిన రాక్షసుడు మారీచుడు నరవ్యాఘ్రుడు (రాముడు)ను మోసగించెను.

Word by Word

सुवर्णरत्नचित्रेणby/with (something) variegated with gold and jewels

मृगरूपेणin the form of a deer

रक्षसाby the demon

वञ्चयित्वाhaving deceived

नरव्याघ्रम्the tiger among men (best of men)

मारीचेनby Mārīca

तदाthen

अनघO sinless one

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Mārīca

Rāma

Rāvaṇa

Sītā

mṛga (gold-and-jewel deer form)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that adharma often operates through deception and illusion (māyā). It also frames the abduction of another’s wife as a serious ethical violation, contrasting heroic integrity with demonic trickery.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana recounts how Rāvaṇa used Mārīca, who took the form of a dazzling golden-jewel deer, to lure and deceive Rāma; taking advantage of this, Rāvaṇa abducted Sītā by force and deceit.