Shloka 30

मारीचाश्रमगमनम्

Ravana’s Journey to Maricha’s Hermitage

Devanagari script

तत्र वैखानसा माषा वालखिल्या मरीचिपाः।।।।अजा बभूवुर्धूम्राश्च सङ्गताः परमर्षयः।

Transliteration

tatra vaikhānasā māṣā vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ | ajā babhūvur dhūmrāś ca saṅgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ ||

Translation

وہاں عظیم رِشی اکٹھے تھے: ویکھانَس، ماش، والکھِلیہ، مریچیپ، نیز اجا اور دھومر—سب کے سب پرم رِشی۔

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• vaikhānasāḥ: Vaikhānasas (a class of sages)
• vaikhānasāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikhānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• māṣāḥ: Māṣas (a class of sages)
• māṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• vālakhilyāḥ: Vālakhilyas (a class of sages)
• vālakhilyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vālakhilya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• marīcipāḥ: Marīcipas (a class of sages)
• marīcipāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marīcipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• ajāḥ: Ajas (a class of sages)
• ajāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• babhūvuḥ: were/became
• babhūvuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• dhūmrāḥ: Dhūmras (a class of sages)
• dhūmrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūmra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• saṅgatāḥ: gathered/assembled
• saṅgatāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √gam (धातु) + saṅgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (ppp), प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective) to paramarṣayaḥ

• parama-ṛṣayaḥ: great seers
• parama-ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय ('supreme seers'); प्रथमा, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग

Context

Gathered together under the great tree were great sages like vaikhanasas, mashas, marichipas, valakhilyas, ajas and dhumras.

FAQs

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

The verse highlights the sanctity of ascetic communities; protecting such gatherings is treated as a dharmic imperative in the epic’s moral world.

What is the narrative situation?

A sacred tree/region is described as the meeting-place of multiple lineages of great seers.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Reverence for ṛṣis and sacred spaces—recognizing spiritual authority as foundational to social and cosmic order.