Shloka 14

Raghuvara’s Royal Consecration

Rāma’s Coronation and Familial Reconciliation

Devanagari script

सीतया सहितं पश्य चाशीर्भिरभियुंक्ष्व च । इति तथ्यं वचः श्रुत्वा सुमुखेन प्रभाषितम्

Transliteration

sītayā sahitaṃ paśya cāśīrbhirabhiyuṃkṣva ca | iti tathyaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sumukhena prabhāṣitam

Translation

“سیتا کے ساتھ اُن کا دیدار کرو اور اپنی دعاؤں و آشیرواد سے اُنہیں نوازو۔” سُموکھ کے کہے ہوئے یہ سچے کلمات سن کر (انہوں نے) جواب دیا۔

Word by Word

• सीतया: with Sītā
• सीतया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सहार्थे करण (instrumental of accompaniment)

• सहितम्: accompanied; together with
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; √सह्/√सह् ‘to accompany’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; ‘(तम्) रघुनाथम्’ इत्यादि (understood) विशेषण

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• आशीर्भिः: with blessings
• आशीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशीस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (instrumental: by/with blessings)

• अभियुंक्ष्व: bestow; apply (blessings)
• अभियुंक्ष्व: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: अभि-; अर्थ: ‘योजय/सम्प्रयोजय’ (apply/offer)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• तथ्यम्: true
• तथ्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘वचः’ इति विशेषण

• वचः: words; statement
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object of ‘श्रुत्वा’)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• सुमुखेन: by Sumukha
• सुमुखेन: Kartr-karana (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-मुख (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्तृकरण/कर्तृनिर्देश (agent in instrumental: by Sumukha)

• प्रभाषितम्: spoken
• प्रभाषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; ‘वचः’ इति विशेषण (spoken)

Speaker

Sumukha (speaker of the quoted instruction); responder not specified in this single verse

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Geographic Context

Type: temple

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चाशीर्भिः = च + आशीर्भिः (स्वर-सन्धि).

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Sumukha

FAQs

What is the main action requested in this verse?

Sumukha asks someone to behold a person in Sītā’s company and to bestow blessings upon him.

What ethical tone does the verse emphasize?

It highlights truthful speech (“tathyaṃ vacaḥ”) and the auspicious act of giving blessings.

Does this verse directly teach Bhakti or ritual practice?

Indirectly: it centers on reverent darśana (beholding the sacred presence) and āśīrvāda (benediction), both common devotional and dharmic motifs, though no explicit doctrine is stated in this single line.