Shloka 44

अयोमुखी-दर्शनम् तथा कबन्ध-प्रवेशः

Ayomukhi Encounter and the ظهور of Kabandha

Devanagari script

वदतं कार्यमिह वां किमर्थं चागतौ युवाम्।।।।इमं देशमनुप्राप्तौ क्षुधार्तस्येह तिष्ठतः।

Transliteration

vadataṃ kāryam iha vāṃ kimarthaṃ cāgatau yuvām |

imaṃ deśam anuprāptau kṣudhārtasyeha tiṣṭhataḥ ||

Translation

“จงบอกมา ที่นี่พวกเจ้ามีธุระอันใด และมาด้วยเหตุใด? พวกเจ้ามาถึงแดนนี้ถูกกาลนัก—สำหรับเราผู้ยืนอยู่ที่นี่ถูกความหิวเผาผลาญ”

Word by Word

• वदतम्: tell (you two)
• वदतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• कार्यम्: purpose / business
• कार्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-द्विवचनरूप (enclitic dual); अत्र 'वां' = 'of you two/for you two' (context: 'your')

• किमर्थम्: for what reason
• किमर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (for what purpose)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• आगतौ: have come
• आगतौ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; 'having come'

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देशम्: place
• देशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुप्राप्तौ: have arrived
• अनुप्राप्तौ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्र-आप् (धातु) → अनुप्राप्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; 'having arrived/reached'

• क्षुधा-आर्तस्य: of (me) distressed by hunger
• क्षुधा-आर्तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (distressed by hunger) used as genitive 'of (me) who is hungry'

• इह: here
• इह: Deśādhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• तिष्ठतः: while (I am) staying
• तिष्ठतः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Participial genitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; शतृ-प्राय प्रयोगः—षष्ठी एकवचन वर्तमानकृदन्तवत् (genitive present participle sense: 'while staying')

Context

For what purpose have you come? What work have you here ? You have come at the right time as my food, since I am hungry.

Characters & Entities

• Kabandha
• Rama
• Lakshmana

FAQs

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

Uncontrolled appetite becomes a metaphor for adharma: hunger without restraint turns into violence; dharma requires self-governance.

What is the narrative situation?

Kabandha interrogates them while openly indicating his intention to devour them.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Moral contrast is set up: the brothers’ purposeful quest versus Kabandha’s hunger-driven predation.