Shloka 9

वर्षावर्णनम्

The Monsoon Description and Rama’s Counsel on Timing

Devanagari script

एष फुल्लार्जुनश्शैलः केतकैरधिवासितः।सुग्रीव इव शान्तारिर्धाराभिरभिषिच्यते।।

Transliteration

eṣa phullārjunaś śailaḥ ketakair adhivāsitaḥ | sugrīva iva śāntārir dhārābhir abhiṣicyate ||

Translation

ఈ పర్వతం వికసించిన అర్జున పుష్పాలతో శోభిల్లుతూ, కేతకీ సువాసనతో పరిమళిస్తోంది. ప్రవహించే వర్షధారలు దీనిని అభిషేకిస్తున్నట్లు, శత్రుత్వం శాంతించిన సుగ్రీవుని జలాభిషేకంలా కనిపిస్తోంది॥

Word by Word

एषःthis

फुल्ल-अर्जुनःwith blooming arjuna trees

शैलःmountain

केतकैःwith ketaka flowers

अधिवासितःperfumed, filled with fragrance

सुग्रीवःSugrīva

इवlike

शान्त-अरिःone whose enemies are pacified

धाराभिःby streams (of water)

अभिषिच्यतेis sprinkled/consecrated

Context

'This mountain scented by the fragrance of arjuna and ketaka flowers is bathed in rain water just as Sugriva, tranquilled by the destruction of the enemy is consecrated instreams of (sacred) waters.

Characters & Entities

Rama

Lakshmana

Sugriva

mountain (śaila)

arjuna (tree/flower)

FAQs

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

Dharma in kingship includes restoration and stabilization after conflict—enmity pacified and rule ritually/ethically ‘settled,’ symbolized by consecration.

What is the narrative situation?

Rama describes the rain-washed mountain and connects it poetically to Sugriva’s newly settled state after overcoming hostility.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rama’s interpretive wisdom: he links natural order with political-moral order, reading events through dharmic symbolism.