Shloka 7

सीताया रावणनिन्दा — अशोकवनिकाप्रवेशः

Sita’s Rebuke of Ravana; Removal to the Ashoka Grove

Devanagari script

तस्य ज्याविप्रमुक्तास्ते शराः काञ्चनभूषणाः।शरीरं विधमिष्यन्ति गङ्गाकूलमिवोर्मयः।।।।

Transliteration

tasya jyā-vipramuktās te śarāḥ kāñcana-bhūṣaṇāḥ |

śarīraṃ vidhamiṣyanti gaṅgā-kūlam ivormayaḥ ||

Translation

ศรเหล่านั้นที่หลุดจากสายธนูของพระองค์ ประดับด้วยทองคำ จะกระหน่ำทำลายกายของเจ้า ดุจคลื่นซัดกระแทกพังทลายตลิ่งแห่งคงคา

Word by Word

• tasya: of him (Rāma)
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• jyā-vipramuktāḥ: released from the bowstring
• jyā-vipramuktāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of śarāḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyā (प्रातिपदिक) + vi-pra-√muc (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: jyāyāḥ vipramuktāḥ 'released from the bowstring'; PPP (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to śarāḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; demonstrative

• śarāḥ: arrows
• śarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) of vidhamiṣyanti
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• kāñcana-bhūṣaṇāḥ: gold-adorned
• kāñcana-bhūṣaṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; Tatpuruṣa: kāñcanena bhūṣaṇam 'having golden ornamentation/tips'

• śarīram: body
• śarīram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• vidhamiṣyanti: will shatter/strike down
• vidhamiṣyanti: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dham (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Simple future), Prathama-puruṣa, Bahuvacana; parasmaipada

• gaṅgā-kūlam: the bank of the Ganges
• gaṅgā-kūlam: Upamāna (उपमान) (object compared)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṅgā (प्रातिपदिक) + kūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी): gaṅgāyāḥ kūlam 'bank of the Gaṅgā'

• iva: like
• iva: Upamāna-bodhaka (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: Upamā-vācaka avyaya

• ūrmayaḥ: waves
• ūrmayaḥ: Upamāna-kartā (उपमान-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

Context

The gold-tipped arrows released from his bow-string will shatter your body like the waves erode the banks of river Ganga.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (implied)
• Rāvaṇa
• Gaṅgā
• arrows (śarāḥ)

FAQs

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

The verse reinforces the certainty of dharmic justice: violence and abduction invite rightful punishment; the moral order is not indefinitely escapable.

What is the narrative situation?

Sītā continues her warning, vividly describing the inevitable destruction Rāvaṇa will face from Rāma’s arrows.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral fearlessness and truthfulness: Sītā speaks plainly of consequences, refusing to be psychologically subdued.