Shloka 3

Raghuvara’s Royal Consecration

Rāma’s Coronation and Familial Reconciliation

Devanagari script

तद्विप्रयोगविधुरा कृशदेहातिदुःखिता । सुमुखान्मंत्रिणः श्रुत्वा रघुनाथं समागतम्

Transliteration

tadviprayogavidhurā kṛśadehātiduḥkhitā | sumukhānmaṃtriṇaḥ śrutvā raghunāthaṃ samāgatam

Translation

Dahil sa pagkalayo sa kanya, nanghina at numipis ang kanyang katawan at lubhang nalugmok sa dalamhati; at mula kay Sumukhā, ang kanyang tagapayo, narinig niya na dumating na si Raghunātha.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• viprayoga: separation
• viprayoga: Sambandha (Attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viprayoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• vidhurā: afflicted
• vidhurā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); ‘विधुर’ = afflicted

• tadviprayogavidhurā: afflicted by that separation
• tadviprayogavidhurā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + viprayoga + vidhura (समासपद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः—तस्मात् विप्रयोगात् विधुरा (afflicted due to that separation)

• kṛśa: thin, emaciated
• kṛśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (compound-member)

• deha: body
• deha: Sambandha (Attribute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• ati: very, exceedingly
• ati: Prayojaka-nipāta (Intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (intensifier: exceedingly)

• duḥkhitā: sorrowful
• duḥkhitā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• kṛśadehātiduḥkhitā: exceedingly sorrowful, with an emaciated body
• kṛśadehātiduḥkhitā: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛśa + deha + ati + duḥkhita (समासपद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः—कृशदेहेन अतिदुःखिता (exceedingly sorrowful with an emaciated body)

• sumukhāt: from Sumukha
• sumukhāt: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sumukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular); कर्मधारयः—सु मुखं यस्य (one with a good face; proper name)

• maṃtriṇaḥ: of the ministers
• maṃtriṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive/Nominative, Plural); here षष्ठी—‘of the ministers’

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) (having heard)

• raghunātham: Raghunātha (Rāma)
• raghunātham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghunātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• samāgatam: arrived
• samāgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of raghunātham)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-gam (धातु) + ta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular); ‘समागत’ (arrived)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicitly marked in this single verse)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: city

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: tadviprayogavidhurā = tad + viprayoga + vidhurā; kṛśadehātiduḥkhitā = kṛśa + deha + ati + duḥkhitā; sumukhānmaṃtriṇaḥ = sumukhāt + maṃtriṇaḥ.

Characters & Entities

• Sumukhā
• Raghunātha

FAQs

Who is Raghunātha in this verse?

Raghunātha is an epithet of Śrī Rāma, the lord of the Raghu dynasty, indicating that the narrative is situated in a Rāma-centered (Rāmāyaṇa-linked) context.

What emotion is central to this shloka?

The verse centers on viprayoga/viraha—painful separation—shown through physical emaciation (kṛśa-deha) and intense sorrow (ati-duḥkhitā), followed by relief-inducing news of the beloved’s arrival.

What ethical or devotional lesson can be drawn from this verse?

It highlights steadfast attachment and longing during separation, a theme often used in Purāṇic and bhakti literature to model single-minded devotion and the transformative power of hopeful news (śravaṇa) about the Lord’s presence.