Shloka 44

प्रस्रवणगिरिवासवर्णनम्

Residence on Mount Prasravana; Counsel during the Rains

Devanagari script

शरत्कालं प्रतीक्षिष्ये स्थितोऽस्मि वचने तव।सुग्रीवस्य नदीनां च प्रसादमनुपालयन्4.27.44।।

Transliteration

śaratkālaṃ pratīkṣiṣye sthito 'smi vacane tava |

sugrīvasya nadīnāṃ ca prasādam anupālayan || 4.27.44 ||

Translation

میں تمہاری نصیحت پر قائم رہتے ہوئے خزاں کے موسم کا انتظار کروں گا—سگریو کی آمادگی اور دریاؤں کے پرسکون ہونے (جب پانی اتر جائے) کی گھڑی تک۔

Word by Word

• śarat-kālam: autumn
• śarat-kālam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarat (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pratīkṣiṣye: I will wait
• pratīkṣiṣye: Kriya (क्रिया/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sthitaḥ: standing/resolute
• sthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अस्मि इत्यनेन सह (periphrastic: 'I am standing/resolute')

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (क्रिया/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vacane: in (your) word/promise
• vacane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative: in/with respect to)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• sugrīvasya: of Sugriva
• sugrīvasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sugrīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• nadīnām: of the rivers
• nadīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• prasādam: favour/pleasure
• prasādam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• anupālayan: maintaining/awaiting (seeking to keep)
• anupālayan: Karta (कर्ता/agent participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√pāl (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle active); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अहम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Context

Then Lakshmana reflected upon the words of Rama thoughtfully. He honoured his brother's words by receiving his advice with folded hands and spoke to his handsome brother giving out his own views:

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Sugrīva
• Autumn (śarat)
• Rivers (nadī)

FAQs

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

Dharma is disciplined patience aligned with counsel and circumstance—waiting for the right time to act, and maintaining commitment to allies rather than forcing action that would fail.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma agrees to delay major action until autumn, when travel and campaigns are feasible and Sugrīva can mobilize effectively.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Rāma’s restraint and trust in prudent advice—strength guided by timing, not impulse.