Shloka 13

अङ्गददूतवाक्यं लङ्काप्राकारभेदनं च

Angada’s Embassy and the Breach of Laṅkā’s Ramparts

Devanagari script

जयद्रथ उवाच एहि मे रथमारोह सुखमाप्न॒हि केवलम्‌

Transliteration

Jayadratha uvāca: ehi me ratham āroha, sukham āpnuhi kevalam.

Translation

జయద్రథుడు అన్నాడు—రా, నా రథమెక్కు; అప్పుడు నీవు కేవలం సుఖమే పొందుతావు।

Word by Word

• जयद्रथः: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• एहि: come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• मे: my / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आरोह: mount / climb onto
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नुहि: attain / obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• केवलम्: only, merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

Speaker

जयद्रथ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jayadratha
• chariot (ratha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line illustrates how adharma often presents itself as an offer of ease and pleasure; ethical discernment requires resisting coercive or manipulative promises, especially when they violate another’s dignity and rightful freedom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jayadratha addresses the woman he is trying to entice (and effectively coerce), urging her to get onto his chariot and promising her comfort, a key moment in the escalation toward wrongdoing in the episode.