Shloka 19

सुतीक्ष्णाश्रमप्रवेशः

Entry into Sutikshna’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

नान्यद्धोषं भवेदत्र मृगेभ्योऽन्यत्र विद्धि वै।तच्छृत्वा वचनं तस्य महर्षेर्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः।।3.7.19।।उवाच वचनं धीरो विकृष्य सशरं धनुः।

Transliteration

nānyad doṣaṃ bhaved atra mṛgebhyo 'nyatra viddhi vai |

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya maharṣer lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ || 3.7.19 ||

uvāca vacanaṃ dhīro vikṛṣya sa-śaraṃ dhanuḥ |

Translation

จงรู้เถิดว่า ณ ที่นี้ไม่มีโทษอื่นใด นอกจากสิ่งที่เกิดจากฝูงกวางเท่านั้น ครั้นได้สดับวาจาของมหาฤๅษีแล้ว พระรามผู้เป็นเชษฐาของพระลักษมณ์ผู้มั่นคง ได้ชักคันศรพร้อมศร แล้วตรัสด้วยความองอาจ

Word by Word

नnot

अन्यत्anything else

दोषम्fault/blemish

भवेत्would be/should occur

अत्रhere

मृगेभ्यःfrom the animals

अन्यत्रotherwise/elsewhere

विद्धिknow (you)

वैindeed

तत्that

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

वचनम्speech/words

तस्यof him

महर्षेःof the great sage

लक्ष्मणाग्रजःLakṣmaṇa's elder brother (Rāma)

उवाचsaid

वचनम्words

धीरःsteadfast/heroic

विकृष्यhaving drawn

सशरम्with an arrow

धनुःbow

Context

When heroic Rama heard that there was no other problem from the wild animals except their frequent incursions, he lifted his bow with an arrow and said these words:

Characters & Entities

Sūtīkṣṇa

Rāma

Lakṣmaṇa

dhanuḥ (bow)

śara (arrow)

mṛga (deer/animals)

āśrama (implied)

FAQs

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

Kṣatriya-dharma: when even a minor disturbance is identified, Rāma prepares to protect the hermitage—defense of ascetic life is a righteous royal duty.

What is the narrative situation?

Sūtīkṣṇa notes the only trouble at the hermitage; Rāma immediately readies his weapon, indicating readiness to remove obstacles to peace.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Prompt responsibility and steadiness (dhīratā): Rāma responds decisively to safeguard the vulnerable.