Shloka 42

गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्

The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī

Devanagari script

तस्या निमित्तं वैदेह्या द्वयोर्विवदमानयोः।बभूव युद्धं सौमित्रे घोरं राक्षसयोरिह।।।।

Transliteration

tasyā nimittaṃ vaidēhyā dvayor vivadamānayoḥ | babhūva yuddhaṃ saumitre ghoraṃ rākṣasayor iha || 3.64.42 ||

Translation

โอ้เสามิตรี เพื่อไวเทหีเป็นเหตุ ณ ที่นี้คงเกิดศึกอันน่าสะพรึง ระหว่างรากษสสองตนที่กำลังวิวาทกัน

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूप (f. form of pronoun)

• निमित्तम्: cause, reason
• निमित्तम्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• वैदेह्याः: of Vaidehī (Sītā)
• वैदेह्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्वयोः: of the two
• द्वयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• विवदमानयोः: of the two who were disputing
• विवदमानयोः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + वद् (धातु) → विवदमान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Present active participle), षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भाव्य (agreeing with द्वयोः)

• बभूव: became / occurred
• बभूव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सौमित्रे: O Saumitrī (Lakṣmaṇa)
• सौमित्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); युद्धम्-विशेषण

• राक्षसयोः: of the two demons
• राक्षसयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

Context

O Lakshmana, two demons might have fought a dreadful duel at this place contesting with each other for the sake of Vaidehi.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• Sita (Vaidehi)
• Rakshasas

FAQs

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

Dharma affirms human dignity: the verse implies the moral disorder of treating a person as a prize, leading to violence and conflict.

What is the narrative situation?

From the destruction at the site, Rāma infers that two demons may have fought each other over Sītā.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Inference guided by truth-seeking: Rāma reasons from evidence to reconstruct events.