Shloka 129

Prāyaścitta for Theft, Forbidden Foods, Impurity, and Ritual Lapses; Tīrtha–Vrata Remedies; Pativratā Mahātmyam via Sītā and Agni

Devanagari script

कृत्वाथ रावणवधं रामो लक्ष्मणसंयुतः / मसादायाभवत् सीतां शङ्काकुलितमानसः

Transliteration

kṛtvātha rāvaṇavadhaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ / masādāyābhavat sītāṃ śaṅkākulitamānasaḥ

Translation

ครั้นแล้วพระรามผู้มีพระลักษมณ์เคียงข้าง คร่าราวณะแล้ว เสด็จเข้าไปหานางสีดา ด้วยพระทัยหวั่นไหวด้วยความสงสัย

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), from √कृ ‘to do’; ‘having done’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, sequence particle

• रावण-वधम्: the killing of Ravana
• रावण-वधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘रावणस्य वधः’

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लक्ष्मण-संयुतः: accompanied by Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मण-संयुतः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying ‘रामः’; तत्पुरुषः: ‘लक्ष्मणेन संयुक्तः’ (accompanied by Lakshmana)

• मसादाय: having taken/approached (text uncertain)
• मसादाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ? (पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट) + ādāya (√आ-दा, ल्यप्)
• Form: Form appears corrupt: ‘मसादाय’ likely for ‘समादाय’ (सम्-आ-दा, ल्यप्) or ‘आसाद्य/उपसाद्य’; treated as gerund ‘having taken/approached’

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular; from √भू ‘to become’

• सीताम्: Sita
• सीताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शङ्का-आकुलित-मानसः: whose mind was troubled by doubt
• शङ्का-आकुलित-मानसः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṅkā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākulita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; qualifying ‘रामः’; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘शङ्कया आकुलितं मानसं यस्य सः’ (whose mind is agitated by doubt)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (Vyāsa/saṃhitā-narration style), within the Kurma Purana’s Rama-kathā context

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Ravana
• Sita

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FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it highlights how doubt (śaṅkā/saṃśaya) agitates the mind, implying that clarity and steadiness are required for right discernment—an essential prerequisite for realizing the Atman taught elsewhere in the Kurma Purana’s higher teachings.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

No explicit practice is stated, but the verse foregrounds mastery over mental agitation (citta-kṣobha). In Kurma Purana’s broader yoga-dharma frame (including Pāśupata-oriented discipline), overcoming doubt through viveka (discernment), śama (calm), and inner purity is foundational.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

This verse is a Rama narrative moment rather than an explicit Shiva–Vishnu unity statement; however, Kurma Purana’s synthesis reads such dharmic episodes as supportive of the same overarching goal upheld in both Shaiva and Vaishnava streams: purification of mind and adherence to dharma as preparation for higher realization.