Shloka 9
वर्षावर्णनम्
The Monsoon Description and Rama’s Counsel on Timing
एष फुल्लार्जुनश्शैलः केतकैरधिवासितः।सुग्रीव इव शान्तारिर्धाराभिरभिषिच्यते।।
eṣa phullārjunaś śailaḥ ketakair adhivāsitaḥ | sugrīva iva śāntārir dhārābhir abhiṣicyate ||
یہ پھولا ہوا ارجن کے درختوں والا پہاڑ، کیتکی کی خوشبو سے مہکا ہوا ہے؛ اور دھاروں کی صورت میں برسنے والی بارشیں اسے یوں اشنان کراتی ہیں گویا دشمنی سے پرسکون سوگریو کا جل سے ابھیشیک ہو رہا ہو۔
'This mountain scented by the fragrance of arjuna and ketaka flowers is bathed in rain water just as Sugriva, tranquilled by the destruction of the enemy is consecrated instreams of (sacred) waters.
FAQs
Dharma in kingship includes restoration and stabilization after conflict—enmity pacified and rule ritually/ethically ‘settled,’ symbolized by consecration.
Rama describes the rain-washed mountain and connects it poetically to Sugriva’s newly settled state after overcoming hostility.
Rama’s interpretive wisdom: he links natural order with political-moral order, reading events through dharmic symbolism.