Shloka 66

विभीषणागमनम्

Vibhīṣaṇa’s Arrival and the Debate on Refuge

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वापरुषंवाक्यंरावणंरावणानुजः ।आजगाममुहूर्तेनयत्ररामस्सलक्ष्मणः ।।6.17.1।।

Transliteration

udyogaṃ tava saṃprekṣya mithyāvṛttaṃ ca rāvaṇam | vālinam ca hataṃ śrutvā sugrīvaṃ cābhiṣecitam || rājyaṃ prārthayamānaś ca buddhipūrvam ihāgataḥ | etāvat tu puraskṛtya yujyate tasya saṃgrahaḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อพิจารณาความมุ่งมั่นและความเพียรของท่าน และเห็นความประพฤติอันลวงของราวณะ อีกทั้งได้ยินข่าวการสิ้นของวาลินและพิธีราชาภิเษกของสุครีวะ—เขาจึงมาที่นี่ด้วยความรอบคอบ ปรารถนาส่วนในราชธรรมอันชอบธรรม เมื่อคำนึงถึงเหตุเพียงเท่านี้ ก็สมควรรับเขาไว้เป็นมิตรและร่วมพันธมิตร

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/quotative), ‘thus’ इत्यर्थे

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having said’ (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)

• परुषम्: harsh
• परुषम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective qualifying ‘वाक्यम्’

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म; object of ‘उक्त्वा’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रावणम्: Ravana
• रावणम्: Sampradana/Karma (सम्प्रदान; addressee/object in sense ‘to/at Ravana’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रावणानुजः: Ravana's younger brother (Vibhishana)
• रावणानुजः: Karta (कर्ता; subject of ‘आजगाम’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘रावणस्य अनुजः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आजगाम: came/reached
• आजगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: आ-
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘came/reached’

• मुहूर्तेन: in a short while
• मुहूर्तेन: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; time circumstance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; करण/कालवाचक-तृतीया (instrumental of time)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), स्थानवाचक; ‘where’

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Adhikarana-vishaya (अधिकरण-विशय; located person in ‘यत्र’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सलक्ष्मणः: together with Lakshmana
• सलक्ष्मणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपपद) + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास: ‘लक्ष्मणेन सह’ = ‘with Lakshmana’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective qualifying ‘रामः’

Context

"Reviewing your efforts to kill Ravana and having heard of your trials to kill Vali and about your conferring the kingdom to Sugriva, he (Vibheeshana) has intentionally come here in this manner in order to request you showing respect. He may be accepted as our own person."

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Rāvaṇa
• Vālin
• Sugrīva
• Vibhīṣaṇa

FAQs

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

Dharma requires discernment in judging intent and conduct: one may accept a sincere seeker of righteous order, especially when he rejects falsehood and aligns with truth.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma’s camp evaluates Vibhīṣaṇa’s arrival; the speaker argues that Vibhīṣaṇa’s knowledge of events and deliberate approach make him worthy of acceptance.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Prudent counsel—balancing caution with openness to truthful alliance, guided by evidence of character and intent.