Shloka 2

जटायुनिर्वाणसंस्कारः

Jatayu’s Final Testimony and Funeral Rites

Devanagari script

ममायं नूनमर्थेषु यतमानो विहङ्गमः।राक्षसेन हतस्संख्ये प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्यति दुस्त्यजान्।।।।

Transliteration

mamāyaṃ nūnam artheṣu yatamāno vihaṅgamaḥ |

rākṣasena hataḥ saṅkhye prāṇāṃs tyakṣyati dustyajān ||

Translation

یقیناً یہ پرندہ، جو میرے کام کی تکمیل کے لیے کوشاں تھا، رाक्षس کے ہاتھوں جنگ میں مارا گیا ہے، اور اب وہ اُن جانوں کو چھوڑ دے گا جنہیں چھوڑنا نہایت دشوار ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; certainty particle

• artheṣu: in (my) aims/affairs
• artheṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Bahuvacana

• yatamānaḥ: striving/making effort
• yatamānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yat (धातु) + śānac (शानच्)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (present middle participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agreeing with vihaṅgamaḥ

• vihaṅgamaḥ: bird
• vihaṅgamaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vihaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• rākṣasena: by a demon
• rākṣasena: Kartṛ/Karaṇa (कर्ता/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; instrumental agent

• hataḥ: slain/struck down
• hataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (प्रातिपदिक; √han (धातु) + kta)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agreeing with vihaṅgamaḥ

• saṅkhye: in battle
• saṅkhye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅkhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana

• prāṇān: life-breaths
• prāṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana

• tyakṣyati: will abandon
• tyakṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (लुट्, periphrastic future sense; here simple future meaning), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• dustyajān: hard to give up
• dustyajān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus-tyajya (प्रातिपदिक; √tyaj (धातु) + yat)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; agreeing with prāṇān

Context

Struck down by the demon in the combat on my account this bird is going to give up his life which is indeed difficult.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Jaṭāyu (implied as the bird)
• rākṣasa (demon)

FAQs

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

Recognition of selfless service: Rāma acknowledges that another being strove for his righteous cause and suffered for it, highlighting gratitude and respect for dharmic sacrifice.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma encounters the wounded/stricken bird (Jaṭāyu) after the abduction of Sītā and understands that it was injured by a rākṣasa in combat while trying to help.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Jaṭāyu’s courage and self-sacrifice in defense of righteousness, and Rāma’s gratitude in recognizing that sacrifice.