Shloka 63

Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā

Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon

Devanagari script

भेरीपणवतूर्याणां वीणादीनां स्वनस्तदा । व्याप्नोति स्म महाराज सुमदेन प्रणोदितः

Transliteration

bherīpaṇavatūryāṇāṃ vīṇādīnāṃ svanastadā | vyāpnoti sma mahārāja sumadena praṇoditaḥ

Translation

แล้วแต่บัดนั้น โอ้มหาราช ด้วยการกระตุ้นของสุมทะ เสียงก้องของกลองเภรี ปณวา แตร และวีณา พร้อมเครื่องดนตรีอื่น ๆ แผ่ไปทั่วทุกทิศ

Word by Word

• भेरी-पणव-तूर्याणाम्: of kettledrums, panavas, and other instruments
• भेरी-पणव-तूर्याणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी (प्रातिपदिक) + पणव (प्रातिपदिक) + तूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative): ‘भेर्यः पणवाश्च तूर्याणि च’; नपुंसक/पुं-समाहारार्थे, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘of (the) drums etc.’

• वीणा-आदीनाम्: of vīṇās and the like
• वीणा-आदीनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीणा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ādi-samāsa/‘and the like’): ‘वीणादयः’; षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• स्वनः: sound
• स्वनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then/at that time)

• व्याप्नोति: pervades/spreads
• व्याप्नोति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्म: indeed/used to (past marker)
• स्म: Kriyā-nipāta (क्रियानिपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; भूतार्थ/अनुस्मरणार्थक निपात (particle indicating past narrative)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘महान् राजा’; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• सुमदेन: by Sumada
• सुमदेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• प्रणोदितः: impelled/urged
• प्रणोदितः: Karta (कर्ता) (of passive sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नुद् (धातु) → प्रणोदित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; agrees with स्वनः

Speaker

Narrator (addressing the king: mahārāja)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: भेरीपणवतूर्याणाम् is a dvandva compound; वीणादीनाम् = वीणा + आदीनाम्; स्वनस्तदा → स्वनः + तदा.

Characters & Entities

• Sumada

FAQs

What is being described in this verse?

It describes a ceremonial outburst of music—drums, trumpets, and string instruments—whose sound spreads widely, initiated by a person named Sumada.

What does “vyāpnoti sma” convey here?

It is a narrative past construction indicating that the sound “spread/pervaded everywhere” at that moment in the story.

Why are instruments like bherī, paṇava, and tūrya grouped together?

They commonly appear as a standard set for auspicious public occasions—royal processions, celebrations, or ritual announcements—highlighting grandeur and communal participation.