Shloka 61

गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम्

The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī

Devanagari script

सन्निरुद्धग्रहगणमावारितनिशाकरम्।।3.64.60।।विप्रणष्टानलमरुद्भास्करद्युतिसंवृतम्।विनिर्मथितशैलाग्रं शुष्यमाणजलाशयम्।।3.64.61।।ध्वस्तद्रुमलतागुल्मं विप्रणाशितसागरम्।त्रैलोक्यं तु करिष्यामि संयुक्तं कालकर्मणा।।3.64.62।।

Transliteration

sanniruddhagrahagaṇam āvāritaniśākaram || 3.64.60 ||

vipraṇaṣṭānalamarudbhāskaradyutisaṃvṛtam |

vinirmathitaśailāgraṃ śuṣyamāṇajalāśayam || 3.64.61 ||

dhvastadrumalatāgulmaṃ vipraṇāśitasāgaram |

trailokyaṃ tu kariṣyāmi saṃyuktaṃ kālakarmaṇā || 3.64.62 ||

Translation

เราจักกีดขวางวิถีแห่งหมู่ดาวเคราะห์และสกัดดวงจันทร์; จักปกคลุมรัศมีแห่งไฟ ลม และสุริยะ; ยอดเขาทั้งหลายจักถูกบดขยี้ แหล่งน้ำจักเหือดแห้ง; ต้นไม้ เถาวัลย์ และพุ่มไม้จักพินาศ แม้มหาสมุทรก็จักสูญสิ้น—ไตรโลกจักถูกผูกไว้กับกิจแห่งความตายโดยกาล

Word by Word

• सन्निरुद्धग्रहगणम्: with the host of planets blocked
• सन्निरुद्धग्रहगणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + निरुद्ध (कृदन्त) + ग्रह + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषः (ग्रहाणां गणः येन सन्निरुद्धः = whose host of planets is completely obstructed); विशेषणम् (त्रैलोक्यम्)

• आवारितनिशाकरम्: with the moon obstructed
• आवारितनिशाकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + निशाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (निशाकरः आवारितः यस्मिन्); विशेषणम्

• विप्रणष्टानलमरुद्भास्करद्युतिसंवृतम्: covered as the radiance of fire, wind, and sun is destroyed/obscured
• विप्रणष्टानलमरुद्भास्करद्युतिसंवृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + प्र + नष्ट (कृदन्त) + अनल + मरुत् + भास्कर + द्युति + सम् + वृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषः: (अनल-मरुद्-भास्कर-द्युतिः) या विप्रणष्टा/नष्टा, तया संवृतम् = covered by the (diminished/destroyed) radiance of fire, wind, and sun; विशेषणम्

• विनिर्मथितशैलाग्रम्: with mountain-tops crushed
• विनिर्मथितशैलाग्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निर् + मथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + शैल + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शैलानाम् अग्राणि विनिर्मथितानि यस्मिन्); विशेषणम्

• शुष्यमाणजलाशयम्: with reservoirs drying up
• शुष्यमाणजलाशयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त) + जल + आशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle, शानच्) ‘drying’; तत्पुरुषः (जलाशयः शुष्यमाणः यस्मिन्); विशेषणम्

• ध्वस्तद्रुमलतागुल्मम्: with trees, creepers, and shrubs destroyed
• ध्वस्तद्रुमलतागुल्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्वंस् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + द्रुम + लता + गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (द्रुमलतागुल्माः) + तत्पुरुष-भावः (ध्वस्त-); ‘with trees, creepers, shrubs destroyed’; विशेषणम्

• विप्रणाशितसागरम्: with the ocean annihilated
• विप्रणाशितसागरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + प्र + नश् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त) + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सागरः विप्रणाशितः यस्मिन्); विशेषणम्

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः लोकाः)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनुवाद-निपात (adversative/contrast particle)

• करिष्यामि: I will make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• संयुक्तम्: joined/afflicted
• संयुक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (त्रैलोक्यम्)

• कालकर्मणा: by a fatal act (of time)
• कालकर्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य कर्म = fatal act/deed of time); करणत्वे

Context

I will obstruct the movement of planets and the Moon, destroy the radiance of the Sun, the fire and block the wind crush the mountain tops, dry up the tanks, destroy the trees shrubs and creepers and annihilate the oceans. I shall bring about this fatal change at once in the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Lakshmana
• three worlds (trailokya)
• Moon
• Sun
• planets
• fire
• wind
• ocean
• mountains

FAQs

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

Dharma is contrasted with destructive rage: the text shows the frightening reach of power when untethered, inviting reflection that true righteousness protects the innocent while punishing the guilty.

What is the narrative situation?

This is a continuation/duplication of the apocalyptic threat sequence in which Rāma declares he can overturn cosmic order.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Determination—yet also the need for self-mastery (dama); the scene is pedagogical in showing why restraint is integral to dharma.