Shloka 6

जटायुनिर्वाणसंस्कारः

Jatayu’s Final Testimony and Funeral Rites

Devanagari script

कथं तच्चन्द्रसङ्काशं मुखमासीन्मनोहरम्।सीतया कानि चोक्तानि तस्मिन्काले द्विजोत्तम।।।।

Transliteration

kathaṃ tac-candra-saṅkāśaṃ mukham āsīn manoharam |

sītayā kāni cok tāni tasmin kāle dvijottama ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่นก ในกาลนั้น ใบหน้าน่าชมอันสุกสว่างดุจจันทร์ของนางสีตาเป็นเช่นไร? และในเวลานั้นนางสีตาได้กล่าวถ้อยคำใดบ้าง

Word by Word

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-वाचक अव्यय (interrogative adverb: how)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative used adjectivally with मुखम्

• चन्द्रसङ्काशम्: moon-like
• चन्द्रसङ्काशम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र + सङ्काश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उपमान-सम्बन्ध): ‘moon-like’

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/कर्ता), एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मनोहरम्: charming/delightful
• मनोहरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate adjective to मुखम्

• सीतया: by Sītā
• सीतया: Karana (करण/agent of saying)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), एकवचन

• कानि: what (things)
• कानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; interrogative ‘what (things/words)’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• उक्तानि: were said
• उक्तानि: Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘were said’

• तस्मिन्: at that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of birds
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘best of twice-born’ (here: best of birds)

Context

Why did Ravana abduct Sita? What fault did he find with me so that he kidnapped my beloved ?

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Jaṭāyu

FAQs

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

Dharma includes faithful remembrance and truth-preserving testimony: Rāma seeks accurate details of Sītā’s condition and words, treating her experience as morally and emotionally significant.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma asks Jaṭāyu to describe Sītā’s appearance and what she said during the abduction.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s prema (devoted love) joined with satya (care for precise truth).