Shloka 31

दनु-शापकथा तथा सीताहरण-प्रश्नः

Danu’s Curse Narrative and Rama’s Inquiry about Sita

Devanagari script

दग्धस्त्वयाहमवटे न्यायेन रघुनन्धन।।3.71.31।।वक्ष्यामि तमहं वीर यस्तं ज्ञास्यति राक्षसम्।

Transliteration

dagdhas tvayāham avaṭe nyāyena raghunandana | vakṣyāmi tam ahaṃ vīra yas taṃ jñāsyati rākṣasam ||

Translation

جب تم مجھے گڑھے میں شاستر کے نیائے کے مطابق جلا دو گے، اے رگھوونندن! اے ویر! تب میں تمہیں اُس شخص کا پتہ بتاؤں گا جو اُس راکشس کو پہچانتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• dagdhaḥ: burnt/cremated
• dagdhaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dah (दह् धातु)
• Form: Kta (क्त/PPP), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate of aham

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartṛ (कर्ता; agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Ekavacana

• avaṭe: in the pit
• avaṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avaṭa (अवट प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Saptamī, Ekavacana

• nyāyena: according to rule
• nyāyena: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Hetu (क्रियाविशेषण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; manner ‘according to propriety/rite’

• raghunandhana: O Raghunandana
• raghunandhana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu-nandhana (रघु + नन्दन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana; ‘delight of Raghu-line’

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Future), Uttama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Prathamā, Ekavacana (repetition for emphasis)

• vīra: O hero
• vīra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• tam: that (one)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• jñāsyati: will know
• jñāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Future), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• rākṣasam: the demon
• rākṣasam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; apposition to tam

Context

O heroic Rama, delight of the Raghus, if you drop me in a pit and cremate me as per custom, I will tell you about him who knows the demon.

Characters & Entities

• Rama (Raghunandana)
• rākṣasa (Ravana implied)

FAQs

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

Reciprocity grounded in dharma: Kabandha offers truthful guidance as a return for Rama’s righteous completion of the liberating rite.

What is the narrative situation?

Kabandha promises that after being cremated by Rama, he will direct Rama to a person capable of identifying the abductor.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Gratitude and reliability: keeping one’s word once the rightful act is done.