Shloka 31

दनु-शापकथा तथा सीताहरण-प्रश्नः

Danu’s Curse Narrative and Rama’s Inquiry about Sita

Devanagari script

दग्धस्त्वयाहमवटे न्यायेन रघुनन्धन।।3.71.31।।वक्ष्यामि तमहं वीर यस्तं ज्ञास्यति राक्षसम्।

Transliteration

dagdhas tvayāham avaṭe nyāyena raghunandana | vakṣyāmi tam ahaṃ vīra yas taṃ jñāsyati rākṣasam ||

Translation

เมื่อท่านเผาข้าในหลุมตามธรรมและกฎเกณฑ์อันควรแล้ว โอ้ผู้เป็นความปลื้มแห่งวงศ์รฆุ โอ้วีรบุรุษ ข้าจักบอกท่านถึงผู้นั้น ผู้รู้จักยักษ์รากษสนั้น

Word by Word

• dagdhaḥ: burnt/cremated
• dagdhaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dah (दह् धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त/PPP), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate of aham

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartṛ (कर्ता; agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Ekavacana

• avaṭe: in the pit
• avaṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avaṭa (अवट प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saptamī, Ekavacana

• nyāyena: according to rule
• nyāyena: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Hetu (क्रियाविशेषण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; manner ‘according to propriety/rite’

• raghunandhana: O Raghunandana
• raghunandhana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu-nandhana (रघु + नन्दन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana; ‘delight of Raghu-line’

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Future), Uttama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Ekavacana (repetition for emphasis)

• vīra: O hero
• vīra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tam: that (one)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• jñāsyati: will know
• jñāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Future), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• rākṣasam: the demon
• rākṣasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; apposition to tam

Context

O heroic Rama, delight of the Raghus, if you drop me in a pit and cremate me as per custom, I will tell you about him who knows the demon.

Characters & Entities

• Rama (Raghunandana)
• rākṣasa (Ravana implied)

FAQs

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

Reciprocity grounded in dharma: Kabandha offers truthful guidance as a return for Rama’s righteous completion of the liberating rite.

What is the narrative situation?

Kabandha promises that after being cremated by Rama, he will direct Rama to a person capable of identifying the abductor.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Gratitude and reliability: keeping one’s word once the rightful act is done.