Shloka 6

संपाति

उपदेशः / Sampati Instructed and the Search Mission Foretold

Devanagari script

नैऋतो रावणो नाम तस्य भार्यां हरिष्यति।राक्षसेन्द्रो जनस्थनादवध्य स्सुरदानवैः4.62.6।।

Transliteration

naiṛto rāvaṇo nāma tasya bhāryāṃ hariṣyati | rākṣasendro janasthānād avadhyaḥ sura-dānavaiḥ ||

Translation

‘రావణుడు’ అనే నైఋత రాక్షసేంద్రుడు జనస్థానమునుండి ఆయన భార్యను అపహరించును; అతడు దేవదానవులకైనా అవధ్యుడని ప్రసిద్ధి।

Word by Word

• नैऋतः: the Nairṛta (demon)
• नैऋतः: कर्ता (apposition to 'rāvaṇaḥ')
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (as epithet: 'rākṣasa/nairṛta')

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (naming indeclinable)

• तस्य: his
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• हरिष्यति: will abduct
• हरिष्यति: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• राक्षसेन्द्रः: king of demons
• राक्षसेन्द्रः: कर्ता (appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'lord of rākṣasas'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जनस्थानात्: from Janasthāna
• जनस्थानात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• अवध्यः: invulnerable
• अवध्यः: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सुरदानवैः: by gods and demons
• सुरदानवैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; 'by gods and demons')
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative: 'gods and dānavas'), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Context

'I have foreseen with the power of my penance that a great task will be done by you. I have also heard about it in the Puranas and came to know of it.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Sītā (implied as Rāma’s wife)
• Janasthāna
• Suras (gods)
• Dānavas

FAQs

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

Dharma is highlighted by contrast: the crime of abduction is adharma, setting the moral necessity for righteous intervention and restoration.

What is the narrative situation?

The seer foretells the central rupture of the epic—Rāvaṇa’s abduction of Sītā from the region of Janasthāna.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

The implied virtue is steadfast protection of marital fidelity and justice—values that will motivate Rāma’s dhārmic response.