Shloka 34
ताटकावधः
The Slaying of Tāṭakā
Devanagari script
विश्वामित्रवच: श्रुत्वा हृष्टो दशरथात्मज:।।1.26.34।।उवास रजनीं तत्र ताटकाया वने सुखम्।
Transliteration
viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā hṛṣṭo daśarathātmajaḥ |
uvāsa rajanīṃ tatra tāṭakāyā vane sukham ||
Translation
达沙罗陀之子听闻毗湿瓦密多罗之言，心中欢喜，便在塔塔迦之林中安然喜悦地度过一夜。
Word by Word
विश्वामित्रवचःthe words/speech of Viśvāmitra
विश्वामित्रवचः:
कर्म (object of श्रुत्वा)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वामित्र + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st case); एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): ‘विश्वामित्रस्य वचः’
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वक्रिया of उवास)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootश्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (prior action): ‘having heard’
हृष्टःdelighted, rejoiced
हृष्टः:
कर्तृविशेषण (qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण, √हृष्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) विशेषणम्—दशरथात्मजस्य
दशरथात्मजःthe son of Daśaratha
दशरथात्मजः:
कर्ता (subject of उवास)
TypeNoun
Rootदशरथ + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘दशरथस्य आत्मजः’
उवासdwelt, stayed
उवास:
क्रिया (main action)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु) उपसर्ग-उ + लिट् (परस्मैपद)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: √वस् ‘to dwell’ (उपसर्ग: उ-)
रजनीम्the night
रजनीम्:
कर्म (object: duration/extent—‘the night’)
TypeNoun
Rootरजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case); एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (locative circumstance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘there’
ताटकायाof Tāṭakā
ताटकाया:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation to वने)
TypeNoun
Rootताटका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th case); एकवचन
वनेin the forest
वने:
अधिकरण (location)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th case); एकवचन
सुखम्happily, comfortably
सुखम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
TypeNoun
Rootसुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (used adverbially)
Context
Having heard the words of Viswamitra, Rama rejoiced and rested happily that night in the Tataka forest .
Characters & Entities
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ViśvāmitraD
DaśarathaR
RāmaT
TāṭakāFAQs
Dharma yields inner steadiness: after fulfilling a protective duty, one can rest without guilt, showing harmony between righteous action and personal peace.
Rāma accepts the sage’s plan and stays the night in the forest where Tāṭakā had lived.
Rāma’s respectful compliance with his guru’s instruction and his composed confidence after completing a difficult task.