Shloka 26

Devanagari script

उत्तमाङ्गाच्च्युता तस्याः पुष्पवृष्टिस्समन्ततः।सीताया ह्रिममाणायाः पपात धरणीतले।।।।

Transliteration

uttamāṅgāc cyutā tasyāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ samantataḥ |

sītāyā hriyamāṇāyāḥ papāta dharaṇītale ||

Translation

เมื่อสีตาถูกพาไป ดอกไม้ที่ร่วงจากยอดศีรษะของนางก็โปรยกระจายรอบด้าน แล้วตกลงสู่พื้นพิภพ ขณะนางก้มหน้าอย่างละอาย

Word by Word

• उत्तमाङ्गात्: from the head
• उत्तमाङ्गात्: अपादान (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तम-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘from the head’

• च्युताः: fallen
• च्युताः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √च्यु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), प्रथमा बहुवचन स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘fallen/dropped’ (qualifies पुष्पवृष्टिः understood as collective; agreement by sense with पुष्पाणि)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुष्पवृष्टिः: a shower of flowers
• पुष्पवृष्टिः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प-वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘shower of flowers’

• समन्ततः: all around
• समन्ततः: देश (Place/extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (spatial adverb): ‘on all sides/everywhere’

• सीतायाः: of Sita
• सीतायाः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• ह्रियमाणायाः: being carried away
• ह्रियमाणायाः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: शानच्/यमान (Present passive participle), षष्ठी एकवचन स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘being carried away’ (qualifies सीतायाः)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धरणीतले: on the ground
• धरणीतले: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘on the surface of the earth’

Context

As Sita was being carried away, the shower of flowers dropped from her head and scattered on the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā

FAQs

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

Dharma includes responsibility to notice and respond to signs of injustice: the fallen flowers become traces of wrongdoing, implying that adharma leaves evidence in the world and calls for rectification.

What is the narrative situation?

During the abduction, flowers from Sītā’s head fall down and scatter on the earth as she is taken away.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Sītā’s modesty and innocence; her adornments and the flowers become silent witnesses to the crime committed against her.