Shloka 10

जटायुनिर्वाणसंस्कारः

Jatayu’s Final Testimony and Funeral Rites

Devanagari script

परिश्रान्तस्य मे तात पक्षौ छित्वा स राक्षसः।सीतामादाय वैदेहीं प्रयातो दक्षिणां दिशम्।।।।

Transliteration

pariśrāntasya me tāta pakṣau chitvā sa rākṣasaḥ |

sītām ādāya vaidehīṃ prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam ||

Translation

โอ้ลูกเอ๋ย เมื่อเราหมดแรงแล้ว รากษสผู้นั้นได้ตัดปีกของเรา แล้วฉุดนางสีตาแห่งวิเทหะไป มุ่งสู่ทิศใต้

Word by Word

• परिश्रान्तस्य: of (me) exhausted
• परिश्रान्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-श्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; adjective used substantively: ‘of me, exhausted’

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; enclitic ‘my/of me’

• तात: dear one
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• पक्षौ: (my) two wings
• पक्षौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), द्विवचन

• छित्वा: having cut
• छित्वा: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), ‘having cut’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• राक्षसः: demon
• राक्षसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सीताम्: Sītā
• सीताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), ‘having taken’

• वैदेहीम्: Vaidehī (princess of Videha)
• वैदेहीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; epithet of Sītā

• प्रयातः: went
• प्रयातः: Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘went forth’

• दक्षिणाम्: southern
• दक्षिणाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; adjective to दिशम्

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (कर्म/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

Context

O my child ! when I was exhausted, that demon cut off my wings and carried Sita off in the southern direction.

Characters & Entities

• Jatāyu
• Sītā
• Vaidehī (Videha)
• Rāvaṇa (implied as the rākṣasa)

FAQs

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

Truthful testimony in the service of righteousness: even in suffering, Jatāyu speaks plainly to aid Rāma in restoring dharma after an adharma act (abduction).

What is the narrative situation?

After battling the abductor, the wounded Jatāyu reports to Rāma that Sītā was carried south after his wings were cut.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Jatāyu’s courage and integrity—he fought to protect Sītā and then gives accurate information despite exhaustion and injury.